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{{Infobox officeholder
|name= Frank Estes Cole​
|caption=​
|office= [[Louisiana]] State Representative for Sabine Parish​
|term_start=1944 ​
|term_end=1952​
|preceded=Joe Sanders ​
|succeeded=J. M. Belisle​
|office2=Louisiana State Senator for Beauregard, Sabine, and Venon parishes​
|term_start2=1956​
|term_end2=1960​
|preceded2=R. S. Copeland​
|succeeded2=Charles M. Poston, Sr.​
|birth_date=March 4, 1908​
|birth_place=Ball, Rapides Parish, Louisiana​
|death_date=May 31, 1981 (aged 73)​
|death_place=​
|spouse= (1) Edna Phares Cole<br>​
(2) Margaret Jacobs Cole (married 1976-1981, his death)​
|children=Sally Beth Cole ____<br>​
James Robert Cole​
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]​
|religion= [[Baptist]]​
|occupation=[[Educator]]​
|alma_mater=[[Louisiana State University]]​
}}​
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'''Frank Estes Cole,''' sometimes known as '''F. E. Cole''' (March 4, 1908 &ndash; May 31, 1981),was an educator from [Many in Sabine Parish in western [[Louisiana]], who served as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] in both houses of the state legislature]] between 1944 and 1960.​
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Cole was born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Cole in Ball, near [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]] in northern Rapides Parish. He graduated in 1925 from Franklin High School in Franklin in Robertson County, near [[Bryan, Texas|Bryan]]/[[College Station, Texas|College Station]], [[Texas]]. He then attended [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]], at which he played for the LSU Tigers| as a guard and a tackle. In 1931, he obtained his [[Bachelor of Science]] degree in [[agriculture]]. He first taught and coached at Rayville High School in Rayville in Richland Parish in northeast Louisiana located to the east of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]]. In the late 1930s, he moved to Many to become a vocational agriculture teacher and football coach for four years.<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site20.php|title=Cole, Frank Estes|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' (lahistory.org)|accessdate=December 19, 2010}}</ref>​
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During [[World War II]], Cole was employed in the shipyards. He returned to teaching in 1950 and retired in 1965.<ref name=lahist/>​
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Cole was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives in 1944, with the first administration of [[Governor]] [[Jimmie Davis]]. He served until 1952, when [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]] turned over the governorship to [[Robert F. Kennon]] of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2020 (Sabine Parish)|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=September 26, 2019}}</ref> He was elected to the state senate in 1956 and served a single term, corresponding with the third Earl Long administration. The senatorial district then encompassed Beauregard, Sabine, and Vernon parishes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/Documents/SenateMembership1880ForwardRevisedMar2011.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana Senate, 1880-Present|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=September 26, 2019}}</ref> Cole introduced legislation establishing the Sabine Valley Vocational-Technical School in Many.<ref name=lahist/>

He was appointed in 1960 to fill a vacancy on the then 11-member Louisiana State Board of Education, a body since revamped under the Louisiana Constitution of 1974. Cole's name was included in a 1963 publication of the then sitting Louisiana education board members, along with subsequent superintendent [[Bill Dodd]] and the [[Bossier City, Louisiana|Bossier City]] banker [[Enoch T. Nix]].
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Cole was a member of the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church of Many, the Sabine Parish [[Chamber of Commerce]], and the [[Masonic lodge]].<ref name=lahist/> Cole was twice married. By the former Edna Phares, he had two children, Sally Beth and James Robert Cole (born ca. 1942). In 1976, he married the former Margaret Jacobs.<ref name=lahist/><ref>''Sabine Index,'' June 4, 1981.</ref>​
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