Who is Tom Cole?

Tom Cole is the U.S. Representative for Oklahoma’s 4th congressional District serving since 2003. And is also a member of the Republican party. serving as Deputy Minority Whip.

Tom Cole was a member of the Chickasaw Nation and is one of only four registered Native Americans.

He was the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee(NRCC) from 2006 to 2008.

Who are the parents of Tom Cole?

Tom Cole was born Thomas Jeffery Cole on 28 April 1949, in Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. He is the son of Helen Cole.

He is of Mixed(Anglo- European-Native American) ethnicity.

Tom Cole graduated from Grinnell College with B.A. and his postgraduate degrees include an M.A. from Yale University in 1984. also a Ph.D. from the University of Oklahoma in 1984.

Cole’s Ph.D. thesis was entitled Life and Labor in the Isle of Dogs: The Origins and Evolution of an East London Working- Class community, 1800-1980.

Cole was a researcher as a Thomas J Waston Fellow and was a Fulbright Fellow at the University of London during 1978-1978. He was a college professor in history and politics before becoming a politician.