13 Facts About Helen Cole

Helen TeAta Gale Cole was an American politician who served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1979 to 1984.

Helen Cole first served in the Oklahoma Senate from 1984 to 1988.

Helen Cole returned to the state senate in 1991 and was succeeded by Kathleen Wilcoxson in 1997.

Helen Cole was raised in a single-parent household and graduated from Ardmore High School in 1939.

Helen Cole was active in several local civic and political organizations, and contributed to the successful gubernatorial campaigns of Henry Bellmon and Dewey Bartlett.

Helen Cole was named a delegate to the 1968 Republican National Convention, and Bartlett appointed her to the Oklahoma Personnel Board.

Helen Cole ran for a seat on the Oklahoma House of Representatives and was first elected in 1978.

Helen Cole contested the 45th district Oklahoma Senate seat in 1984, and won one term.

Helen Cole returned to her political career when elected as mayor of Moore, Oklahoma, in 1990.

Helen Cole was named a National Convention delegate for a second time for the 1992 Republican National Convention.

Helen Cole stepped down from the state senate in 1997, and was succeeded by Kathleen Wilcoxson.

Helen Cole was appointed a National Convention delegate for a third time for the 2000 Republican National Convention.

Helen Cole died on April 7,2004, at the age of 81.