Ralph D. Cole

Ralph Dayton Cole (November 30, 1873 - October 15, 1932) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio, brother of Raymond Clinton Cole.

Born in Vanlue, Ohio, Cole attended the common schools.He was graduated from Findlay College, Findlay, Ohio, in 1896 and from Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio, in 1900. Deputy clerk of Hancock County 1897-1899.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1900 and commenced practice in Findlay, Ohio.He served as member of the State house of representatives 1900-1904.

Cole was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth, and Sixty-first Congresses (March 4, 1905-March 3, 1911).He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress.He resumed the practice of law in Findlay, Toledo, and Columbus, Ohio. Legal adviser to the Comptroller of the Currency in 1912 and 1913.He served as chairman of the speakers' bureau, Republican National Committee, in 1916.He served as delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1916, 1924, and 1928. Enlisted in the United States Army June 6, 1917, serving overseas as major and lieutenant colonel in the Thirty-seventh Infantry Division, taking part in many major engagements.He was honorably discharged from the service April 6, 1919.He was one of the founders of the American Legion at Paris February 16, 1919.He resumed the practice of his profession. Sustained serious injuries in an automobile accident near Parkman, Ohio, from which he died in Warren, Ohio, on October 15, 1932.He was interred in Maple Grove Cemetery, Findlay, Ohio.

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