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Tom Cole
Official portrait, 2021
Chair of the House Appropriations Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office April 10, 2024
Preceded by
Kay Granger
Chair of the House Rules Committee
In office January 3, 2023 – April 10, 2024
Preceded by
Jim McGovern
Succeeded by
Michael C. Burgess
Ranking Member of the House Rules Committee
In office January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2023
Preceded by
Jim McGovern
Succeeded by
Jim McGovern
Chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee
In office January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009
Leader
John Boehner
Preceded by
Tom Reynolds
Succeeded by
Pete Sessions
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oklahoma's 4th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2003
Preceded by
J. C. Watts
26th Secretary of State of Oklahoma
In office January 9, 1995 – March 16, 1999
Governor
Frank Keating
Preceded by
Glo Henley
Succeeded by
Mike Hunter
Member of the Oklahoma Senate from the 45th district
In office November 1988 – July 1991
Preceded by
Helen Cole
Succeeded by
Helen Cole
Personal details
Born
Thomas Jeffery Cole
(1949-04-28) April 28, 1949 (age 75) Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.
Nationality
American Chickasaw Nation
Political party
Republican
Spouse
Ellen Decker
(m. 1971)
Children
1
Relatives
Helen Cole (mother)
Education
Grinnell College (BA) Yale University (MA) University of Oklahoma (PhD)
Website
House website
Tom Cole's voice
Cole voices his support for various FY2019 spending bills under consideration Recorded September 26, 2018
Thomas Jeffery Cole (born April 28, 1949) is the U.S. representative for Oklahoma's 4th congressional district, serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party and serves as the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. Before serving in the House of Representatives, he was the 26th Secretary of State of Oklahoma from 1995 to 1999.
A member of the Chickasaw Nation, Cole is one of five Native Americans in Congress who are enrolled tribal members. The others are fellow Oklahoma Republicans Markwayne Mullin (Cherokee) and Josh Brecheen (Choctaw), and Democrats Sharice Davids of Kansas (Ho‑Chunk) and Mary Peltola of Alaska (Yupik). In 2022, Cole became the longest-serving Native American in the history of Congress.[1][2]
^Press Pool (22 April 2022). "Cole becomes longest serving Native American in the House, proud of his record as a champion for Indian Country". indiancountrytoday.com.
^"Cole becomes longest-serving Native American in history". The Oklahoman. April 23, 2022.[permanent dead link]
senate in 1991 and was succeeded by Kathleen Wilcoxson in 1997. Her son, TomCole, is the longest-serving Native American in the history of the United States...
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known professionally by his stage name Nat King Cole, was an American singer, jazz pianist, and actor. Cole's career as a jazz and pop vocalist started in...
States Congress. Retrieved January 7, 2023. United States Congress. "Cole, Tom (id: C001053)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress....
Parliamentarian: Jason Smith Reading Clerks: Tylease Alli (D) and Susan Cole (R) Sergeant at Arms: William McFarland List of new members of the 118th...
American Natives. Only two Native Americans served in the 115th Congress: TomCole (serving since 2003) and Markwayne Mullin (served from 2013 until 2023)...
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Ashley Cole (born 20 December 1980) is an English football coach and former player. As a player, he played as a left-back, most notably for Arsenal and...
Cole's performance. Cole asks Harry to walk with him and Harry agrees, challenging him to a foot race to Victory Lane. Tom Cruise as Cole Trickle, a young...
Gerrit Alan Cole (born September 8, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously...
series The Deuce. In 2018, Bauer guest starred as the negotiator Dennis Cole in Brooklyn Nine-Nine Series 5 Episode 13 "The Negotiator". In 2019, Bauer...
Congress. Its chairs were Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Maryland) and TomCole (R-Oklahoma). Denmark–United States relations Rufus Gifford "Congressional...
of sales and staff, particularly when Anoush quits and goes to work for TomCole due to his resentment towards Daniel standing him up at the important lunch...
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