Nathan Cole

Nathan Cole (July 26, 1825 – March 4, 1904) was a nineteenth-century politician, merchant and businessman from Missouri.

For his son, co-founder of the Los Angeles Daily Times, see Nathan Cole Jr.
Nathan Cole
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Missouri's 2nd district
In office
March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879
Preceded byErastus Wells
Succeeded byErastus Wells
Personal details
BornJuly 26, 1825
St. Louis, Missouri
DiedMarch 4, 1904 (aged 79)
St. Louis, Missouri
Political partyRepublican
ProfessionPolitician, merchant, businessman

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Cole attended common schools as a child and later took a partial course at Shurtleff College. He engaged in mercantile pursuits in St. Louis, was a director of the Bank of Commerce for forty-three years, most of which time he was also vice president of the bank, and was a director in a number of insurance and other corporations. Cole served as Mayor of St. Louis, Missouri from 1869 to 1871, was president of the Merchants' Exchange in 1876 and was elected a Republican to the United States House of Representatives in 1876, serving from 1877 to 1879, being unsuccessful for re-election in 1878. Afterward, he resumed his former business activities in St. Louis until his death there on March 4, 1904. He was interred in Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis.[1]

His son, Nathan Cole Jr., was one of the founders of the Los Angeles Times, in 1881.[2]

References
  1. United States Congress. "Nathan Cole (id: C000610)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  2. "Early-Day Editor Is Summoned," Los Angeles Times, December 8, 1921, page I-1 (subscription required)


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