Emory Ryan Cole (September 3, 1893 – August 16, 1968) was a lawyer and state legislator in Maryland.
[1] He has sometimes been noted as Emery Ryan Cole.
He and Truly Hatchett were the first African Americans to serve in the body.
He lost re-election to Verda Welcome who succeeded him in office.
Cole was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion.