Background
Cole, Redmond Selecman was born on August 22, 1881 in near Savannah, Andrew Company, Missouri, United States. Son of James Buchanan and Virginia Lee (Bedford) Cole.
- Photos
- Works
- Photos
- Works
Redmond Selecman Cole
Edit ProfileEducation
Student Kirksville (Missouri) State Normal School, 1899-1901. Bachelor of Arts, University of Missouri, 1905, Master of Arts, 1906. Studied law, same university, 1907-1909.
Career
Editor Missouri University Independent (student weekly), 1905-1907. Associate editor Sentinel, and editor Herald (both Columbia publications), 1908. Admitted to bar, 1909.
County attorney Pawnee County, Oklahoma, 1901-1915.
Registrar Pawnee Company, 1916-1917. Mayor of Pawnee, 1917.
Assistant United States district attorney, Western District of Oklahoma, 1917-1919. Judge 21st Judicial District of Oklahoma, 1919-1923.
Resumed practice at Tulsa.
Republican University of Missouri in debates, University of Texas, 1904, Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri state history societies, Delta Tau Delta, Delta Sigma Rho, Phi Alpha Delta, Sons of the American Revolution
Achievements
Membership
Mason.
Connections
Married Mary Thompson Cross, of Columbia, Missouri, June 11, 1910. Children: Olivia Harris, Virginia Bedford.
