Nathan Cole | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMissouri's2nd district | |
| In office March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879 | |
| Preceded by | Erastus Wells |
| Succeeded by | Erastus Wells |
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| Born | (1825-07-26)July 26, 1825 St. Louis, Missouri |
| Died | March 4, 1904(1904-03-04) (aged 78) St. Louis, Missouri |
| Political party | Republican |
| Profession | Politician,merchant,businessman |
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Nathan Cole (July 26, 1825 – March 4, 1904) was a nineteenth-century politician, merchant and businessman fromMissouri.
Born inSt. Louis, Missouri, Cole attended common schools as a child and later took a partial course atShurtleff College. He engaged inmercantile 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 asmayor of St. Louis, Missouri from 1869 to 1871, was president of the Merchants' Exchange in 1876 and was elected aRepublican to theUnited 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 inBellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis.[1]
His son,Nathan Cole Jr., was one of the founders of theLos Angeles Times, in 1881.[2]
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| Preceded by | Mayor of St. Louis, Missouri 1869 – 1871 | Succeeded by |
| U.S. House of Representatives | ||
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMissouri's 2nd congressional district March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879 | Succeeded by |
