Ralph Dayton Cole Jr. (June 12, 1914 – September 2, 1999) was a Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives.
A graduate of Williams College and Case Western Reserve University, he was originally elected to an at-large district in 1954 to represent Hancock County, Ohio, and he would go on to serve seven more terms in the House.
[1] In 1968, Cole was appointed to a judicial seat for the Ohio District Courts of Appeals, and resigned prior to the end of his term.
[2] In 1981, Judge Cole also served as chief justice of the Ohio District Courts of Appeals, and also served on the Ohio Supreme Court when a substitute was needed.
Following his service in the judiciary, he retired to his hometown of Findlay, Ohio.