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Tom Cole

Politician

Tom Cole is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Tom Cole · Том Коул · טום קול · توم كول · توم کول · 4 more...				[sources]
Other name	Cole, Tom · Thomas "Tom" Jeffery Cole · Thomas Cole · Thomas Jeffery Cole · Том Коул · 5 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1949-04-28				[sources]
Place of birth	Shreveport				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States of America				[sources]
Country	United States of America				[sources]
Citizenship	United States of America				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Jeffery · Thomas · Tom				[sources]
Last name	Cole				[sources]
Phone	+12022256165				[sources]
Website	cole.house.gov · www.house.gov · facebook.com · twitter.com				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q173839				[sources]
Position	Chief of Staff (1999-2001) · House of Representatives (member, 2005-2007) · House of Representatives (member, 2007-2009) · House of Representatives (member, 2009-2011) · House of Representatives (member, 2011-2013) · 18 more...				[sources]
Education	Grinnell College (-1971) · Moore High School (-1967) · University of Oklahoma (-1984) · Yale University (-1974)				[sources]
Religion	Methodism				[sources]
Last change	2025-09-20	Last processed	2025-09-20	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

American politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Helen Cole Politician	mother	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States representative	2015-01-06	2017-01-03
United States representative	2009-01-06

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata349,107

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

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