Leander C. Cole (September 14, 1849 – August 18, 1933) was an American politician and lawyer from Ohio.

Leander C. Cole[1] was born on September 14, 1849, in Island Creek Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, to Mary (née Jackman) (1814–1882) and Thomas Cole (1808–1859).

[2] As a boy, he led Union forces to capture Confederate raider John Hunt Morgan near West Beaver Township, Pennsylvania, during the Civil War.

[1][4] He attended school for several years, took a four-year course at Mount Union College and Richmond.

In 1871, he started to study law with Judge Robert Martin in Steubenville and was admitted to the bar in 1872.

He was director of First National Bank in Bowling Green and was a member of oil companies in Wood County and Tennessee.

[3] In 1894, Cole ran for probate judge of Wood County, but lost the election.