Cash Cole

Clarence Cash Cole (February 12, 1891 – November 8, 1959) was an American politician and businessman from Juneau, Alaska, who served in the Alaska Territorial House of Representatives from 1921 to 1925, representing the 1st electoral district as a Republican in the 5th and 6th territorial legislatures. He served as the fifth speaker of the Alaska Territorial House of Representatives from 1923 to 1925 in the 6th territorial legislature.

Early life and education Cole was born in Henderson Bay, Washington, on February 12, 1891. He moved to Treadwell with his parents when he was four years old. Cole was educated at public schools in Juneau, Alaska, and attended the University of Minnesota.

Outside of the Alaska Territorial Legislature, Cole worked as an agent for American Railway Express. Additionally, Cole was a candidate for delegate to the United States Congress from the Territory of Alaska in 1940.

Cole won the popular vote on a referendum for governor of Alaska in 1923.

Personal life and death Cole married Ruby C. Worth in Juneau on March 7, 1915. They had three children: James Cash Cole (born June 25, 1916), Thomas Phillip Cole (born June 23, 1917), and Jerry Worth Cole (born March 22, 1926).

Cole was a member of The Elks and the Pioneers of Alaska. In the 1920s, Cole served as Exalted Cyclops of Mt. Juneau Klavern No. 2, a local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan in Juneau.

Cole was a Presbyterian.

Cole died at the age of 68 in Bellingham, Washington, on November 8, 1959.