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Gordon E. Cole

American politician (1833–1890)

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American politician (1833–1890)

Field	Value
image	GordonECole1860.jpg
name	Gordon E. Cole
order1	2nd
office1	Minnesota Attorney General
term_start1	1860
term_end1	1866
governor1	Alexander Ramsey
Henry A. Swift
Stephen Miller
predecessor1	Charles H. Berry
successor1	William J. Colvill
office2	Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives
term2	1882
office3	Member of the Minnesota Senate
term3	1864
birth_date
birth_place	Cheshire, Massachusetts
death_date
death_place	London
party	Republican

Henry A. Swift Stephen Miller

Gordon Earl Cole (June 18, 1833 – October 4, 1890) was a lawyer and Republican politician who served as Minnesota Attorney General from 1860 to 1866.

Early life and education

Cole was born in Cheshire, Massachusetts in 1833. He attended Suffield Academy and later studied law at several different schools and law offices in New York including under George N. Briggs. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1854 and opened a law practice in his hometown of Cheshire shortly thereafter.

Career in Minnesota

In 1855, he married Stella C. Whipple. The two relocated to Minnesota Territory a year later, settling in Faribault, Minnesota. Cole pursued his legal career, living in Faribault and occasionally traveling to Minneapolis and St. Paul for trials. In Fairbault, he had a law practice with John Higley Case. The partnership later dissolved. He developed a specialty working with cases related to railroads and government land grants.

Cole was also involved in the state's Republican politics. He served three terms as Minnesota Attorney General from 1860 to 1866 and two terms in the Minnesota State Legislature, winning election to the Minnesota Senate in 1864 and to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1882. He also served on a variety of state agencies and boards and as mayor of Faribault for a single term. In 1879, he was a primary contender for the Republican nomination for governor. In 1884, he ran unsuccessfully against Dwight M. Sabin for United States Senate.

Death

Cole became ill in 1890 and traveled to Europe with his daughter to seek medical treatment in Germany. He died in London while en route on October 4, 1890.

Notes

References

(1888). "The Bench and Bar of Ramsey County, Minnesota". Magazine of Western History.
(1890-03-04). "Hon. John Higley Case". [[Minneapolis Tribune.
(September 3, 1879). "PILLSBURY TRUIMPHANT".
"Cole, Gordon E. – Legislator Record".
(4 October 1890). "Gordon E. Cole Dead". Minneapolis Tribune.

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