Albert McDonald Cole (October 13, 1901 – June 5, 1994) was a

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from

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. Born in

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, Cole moved to

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, in 1909. He attended the grade schools of Topeka, Kansas, Sabetha (Kansas) High School, and

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, in Topeka. He earned his J.D. at

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in 1925. He was admitted to the

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in 1926 and commenced practice in

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. Cole served as

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of Jackson County 1927-1931. He served as member and president of the Holton School Board 1931-1943. He served as member of the

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1941-1945. Cole was elected as a

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to the Seventy-ninth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1953). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1952 to the Eighty-third Congress. He then served as administrator for the Housing and Home Finance Agency, (now the

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)

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, from March 1953 to January 1959. He was vice president of Reynolds Aluminum Service Corp. from 1959 to 1961, and president, Reynolds Metals Development Corp. from 1961 to 1967, and director from 1967 to 1970. Afterwards, Cole practiced law in

, from 1967 to 1990. Cole was a resident of

, until his death there on June 5, 1994, at the age of 92.

References

External links

Albert McDonald Cole entry
at

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