Cyrenus Cole

Cyrenus Cole ( * 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 U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Cyrenus Cole attended the Central University at Pella to 1887. He then began a career in journalism. He gave over the years published several newspapers and also published several books, mainly with political or historical content. Among them were several treatises on the history of Iowa. In addition, Cole farmed near Pella two farms.

Cole was a member of the Republican Party and was a member of the conservative wing. Following the resignation of Congressman James William Good in 1921 he was elected at the election due in the fifth district of Iowa in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington. There he came into effect on August 1, 1921 at its new mandate. After he was confirmed in the following four regular congressional elections in his office, he could remain until March 3, 1933 Congress. His last years in the House of Representatives were overshadowed by the global economic crisis. In the discussions about the repeal of the 18th Amendment, who prescribed the ban on alcohol, Cole sat for maintaining the ban a. Nevertheless, the law was repealed shortly thereafter by the 21th Amendment again.

1932 Cole waived on a bid again. In the following years he worked again as a writer. Among other things, he published his memoirs. Cyrenus Cole died on 14 November 1939 in Washington, and was buried in Pella.