Draft:Walter D. Coles

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{{Short description|American judge (–1936)}}

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Walter D. Coles (1867/68 – July 15, 1936)"[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118466689/judge-walter-d-coles-dies/ Judge Walter D. Coles Dies in Richmond, Va., Long in Failing Health]", St. Louis Globe-Democrat (July 17, 1936), p. 1. was a justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri in 1935.{{Cite web|url=https://www.courts.mo.gov/page.jsp?id=299|title=Former Judges of the Supreme Court|website=www.courts.mo.gov}}

Coles was appointed to a seat vacated by the death of John T. Fitzsimmons, who died before assuming office."[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kirksville-graphic-to-seek-primary-n/170528721/ To Seek Primary Nomination]", The Kirksville Graphic (November 15, 1935), p. 2.

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