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Ann Cole Gannett
Ann Cole Gannett
	Portrait of Gannett from 1969.
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives; from the 13th Middlesex district
	In office; 1978–1980
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives; from the 53rd Middlesex district
	In office; 1974–1978
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives; from the 38th Middlesex district
	In office; 1970–1974
Personal details
Born	Ann Cole; September 15, 1997; Brookline, Massachusetts, United States
Died	September 15, 1997 (aged 80); Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Thomas Brattle Gannett, Sr.
Children	5 (Thomas Brattle Jr., Benjamin, Nancy, Deborah, and Peter)
Parent(s)	Ann Sheafe; Benjamin E. Cole
Alma mater	Vassar College

Ann Cole Gannett (November 7, 1916 – September 15, 1997) was an American politician from Wayland, Massachusetts. Gannett represented the former 38th Middlesex and 53rd Middlesex districts, as well as the 13th Middlesex district, in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1970 to 1980.^[2]

Career

Born to Ann Sheafe and Benjamin E. Cole in Brookline, Gannett graduated from Abbot Academy in Andover in 1933, and then from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie in 1937.^[3]

In 1970, Gannett won an uncontested seat in the 38th Middlesex district of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Four years later, she was elected to the 53rd Middlesex district, defeating Douglas A. Miranda of Sudbury. In 1978, Gannett won the 13th Middlesex seat against Dennis J. Berry, also of Wayland. She held the post until 1980.^[4]

On September 15, 1997, Gannett died of heart failure in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.^{[citation needed]}