Cole, Chester C
lawyer, jurist, was born June 4, 1824, in Oxford, N. Y.
He received the rudiments of his education in the public schools, and pursued his studies in the Oxford academy. In 1849 he was admitted to the bar, after completing a thorough course in the Harvard law school. In 1857 he moved to Des Moines, Iowa, where he soon won a reputation as an astute lawyer by his logical and forcible arguments. In 1864 he was appointed judge of the supreme court of Iowa, and was twice elected to that high office. He resigned his position as chief justice to devote his entire time to the practice of law. In 1892 he was made dean of the Iowa College of Law, a department of the Drake university.