Cyrenus Cole

Cyrenus Cole

Cyrenus Cole (born January 13, 1863 in Pella , Marion County , Iowa , †  November 14, 1939 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1921 and 1933 he represented the state of Iowa in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Cyrenus Cole attended Central University in Pella until 1887 . Then he began a journalistic career. In the course of time he edited several newspapers and also published some books, mainly with political or historical content. These included several treatises on the history of Iowa. Cole also ran two farms near Pella.

Cole was a member of the Republican Party and belonged to its conservative wing. After the resignation of Congressman James William Good in 1921, he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the due by-election in the fifth district of Iowa. There he took up his new mandate on August 1, 1921. After he was confirmed in office in the following four regular congressional elections, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1933 . His last years in the House of Representatives were overshadowed by the global economic crisis. During the discussions about the repeal of the 18th amendment to the constitution , which prescribed the alcohol ban, Cole advocated maintaining the ban. Nevertheless, the law was repealed a little later by the 21st amendment to the constitution.

In 1932, Cole decided not to run again. In the following years he worked again as a writer. Among other things, he published his memoirs. Cyrenus Cole died in Washington on November 14, 1939 and was buried in Pella.

Web links

• Cyrenus Cole in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)