Frank Estes Cole, sometimes known as F. E. Cole (March 4, 1908–May 31, 1981), was an educator from Many

Many, Louisiana

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, Louisiana

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, who served as a Democrat

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 in both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature

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 between 1944 and 1960.

Cole was born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Cole in Ball

Ball, Louisiana

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 in northern Rapides Parish

Rapides Parish, Louisiana

-Military Installations:*Camp Beauregard *Esler Airfield *England Air Force Base *Camp Claiborne *Camp Livingston -Demographics:...

. He graduated in 1925 from Franklin High School in Franklin

Franklin, Texas

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 in Robertson County, near Bryan

Bryan, Texas

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/College Station

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, Texas

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. He then attended Louisiana State University

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 in Baton Rouge

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, where he played for the Tigers

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 as a guard and a tackle. In 1931, he obtained his Bachelor of Science

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 degree in agriculture

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. He first taught and coached at Rayville High School in Rayville

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, the seat of Richland Parish

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 in northeast Louisiana located to the east of Monroe

Monroe, Louisiana

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. In the late 1930s, he moved to Many , the seat of Sabine Parish

Sabine Parish, Louisiana

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 in western Louisiana, where he was a vocational agriculture teacher and football coach for four years.

During World War II

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, Cole was employed in the shipyards. He returned to teaching in 1950 and retired in 1965

Cole was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives

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 in 1944 and served until 1952 during the terms of Governors Jimmie Davis

Jimmie Davis

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 and Earl Kemp Long. He was elected to the state senate

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 in 1956 and served a single term, corresponding with the third Earl Long administration. The district encompassed Beauregard

Beauregard Parish, Louisiana

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 and Vernon

Vernon Parish, Louisiana

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 parishes, as well as Sabine. Cole introduced legislation establishing the Sabine Valley Vocational-Technical School in Many. He was appointed in 1960 to fill a vacancy on the Louisiana State Board of Education, a body since revamped under the Louisiana Constitution of 1974. He was a member of the First Baptist

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 Church of Many, the Sabine Parish Chamber of Commerce

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, and the Masonic lodge

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.

Cole was twice married. By the former Edna Phares, he had two children, Sally Beth and James Robert Cole (born ca. 1942). In 1976, he married the former Margaret Jacobs.