Albert Cole (December 28, 1904 – November 14, 1966) was a

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politician who served in the

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and as the 40th and 42nd

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. Cole was a Lynn Councillor-at-large from 1932 to 1935 and a member of the

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from the 1st Essex Senatorial District from 1935 to 1940. Cole was elected Mayor of Lynn in 1939. He stepped down in 1943 to serve with the

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, he was succeeded in the last six months of his term by Councilor-at-large Arthur J. Frawley. He served on the staff of General

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and was counsel during war crimes trials in

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. He discharged the rank of

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. He was elected mayor again in 1945 while still serving in the Pacific. During his second tenure as mayor, Cole arranged for the construction of

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. He did not run for reelection in 1947 and instead supported the campaign of city councilor Stuart A. Tarr.http://www.ci.lynn.ma.us/cityhall_documents/misc/Lynn_CityHall_History_National_Register.pdf . Cole was a candidate for

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in 1946, but lost the Republican nomination to Arthur W. Coolidge. In 1953, Cole was nominated by President

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for the position of Comptroller of Customs in Boston. Cole died on November 14, 1966 in Lynn following a long illness. He was survived by his wife and two sons.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cole, Albert 1904 births 1966 deaths Republican Party Massachusetts state senators Mayors of Lynn, Massachusetts 20th-century American politicians

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