George Cole was an attorney and a land agent with offices at 243 Main Street and at 610 Main Street in Dallas. He was politically ambitious. After being elected from the newly created 8th Ward as Alderman in 1889, he was re-elected in 1890. He was ... elected by the 8th Ward to fill a vacancy when P.P. Holland resigned in 1892. After his mother died, he sold his share of her estate to his father and one of his brothers using the proceeds to finance an unsuccessful campaign for the office of Mayor of Dallas.