Hank Coe

{{Short description|American politician (1946–2021)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2021}}

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| name = Hank Coe

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| office = Member of the Wyoming Senate

| term_start = 1989

| term_end = January 4, 2021

| succeeded = Tim French

| constituency2 = Park County (1989-1992)
18th district (1993-2021)

| party = Republican

| birth_date = {{birth date|1946|04|29}}

| birth_place = Cody, Wyoming, U.S.

| death_date ={{death date and age|2021|1|21|1946|4|29}}

| death_place =Cody, Wyoming, U.S.

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| occupation = Investment Executive

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Henry H. R. Coe (April 29, 1946 – January 21, 2021) was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Wyoming Senate from 1989 until 2021.{{cite web|last=Wyoming Legislature|title=Senator Henry H.R. "Hank" Coe|url=https://wyoleg.gov/Legislators/2024/X/967|accessdate=November 13, 2024}} In 1988, Coe was elected to represent Park County.{{cite book|url=https://wyoarchives.wyo.gov/pdf/WyomingBlueBookFour.pdf|title=Wyoming Blue Book|volume=IV|publisher=Wyoming State Archives, Department of Commerce|year=1991|page=189}} After the state legislature switched from a county-based apportionment system to a district based apportionment system, in 1992, Coe was elected to represent the 18th senate district.{{Cite news |date=November 5, 1992|title=Election Results: State Senate|page=13|work=Casper Star-Tribune|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/casper-star-tribune/81352447/|via=Newspapers.com |access-date=November 13, 2024}}{{cite web |title=Wyoming Legislator Database|url=https://www.wyoleg.gov/Legislators/historical |website=Wyoming Legislature |accessdate=November 13, 2024}} He served as the President of the Senate in the 2001-2002 session. He was the son of the philanthropist Henry Huttleston Rogers Coe. Coe died from pancreatic cancer in 2021, shortly after leaving office, having been diagnosed in November 2020.{{cite web|author=Wolfson, Eo |url=https://www.codyenterprise.com/news/local/article_89774bba-5c41-11eb-9523-072f9049d1f3.html |title=Hank Coe, longtime senator, dies |publisher=codyenterprise.com |date= |accessdate=January 22, 2021}}