William Hinson Cole

William Hinson Cole

William Hinson Cole (born January 11, 1837 in Baltimore , Maryland , †  July 8, 1886 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . In 1885 and 1886 he represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Cole first attended a private school and then studied medicine. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1857, he began to work in Baltimore in this profession. He later moved to Kansas City in what is now Kansas , where he also practiced as a lawyer. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . He was then a member of the Kansas Territory House of Representatives . In 1860, Cole studied at the University of Louisiana , now Tulane University in New Orleans . During the Civil War he served as a doctor in the Confederation Army . In this role he also experienced the Battle of Gettysburg . In the meantime he was taken prisoner of war.

After the war, Cole returned to Maryland. In 1870 he was employed by the Baltimore City Council. Between 1874 and 1878 he was an administrator with the Maryland House of Representatives . In the following years, Cole entered the newspaper business. He was both a reporter and the owner of the Baltimore Evening Commercial newspaper . Later he also worked for other newspapers in his home country. In the congressional elections of 1884 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the third constituency of Maryland, where he succeeded Fetter Schrier Hoblitzell on March 4, 1885 . He was able to exercise this mandate until his death on July 8, 1886. He was buried in Baltimore.

Web links

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

• William Hinson Cole in the database of Find a Grave (English)