Editing Edward C. Stokes (section)

==Biography==
Stokes was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1860. He attended the Friends School in Rhode Island, and graduated from [[Brown University]] in 1883.

Stokes was elected to the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] in 1891, and was a member of the [[New Jersey Senate]] from [[Cumberland County, New Jersey|Cumberland County]] between 1893 and 1901. He was the Governor between 1905 and 1908.

Stokes made his first attempt at the [[United States Senate]] in 1902 after the death of [[William Joyce Sewell]], but fell short in voting by the Republican caucus, losing out to [[John F. Dryden]].

Stokes won a narrow victory in the 1910 Republican primary for United States Senate, but two years before the direct election of Senators, [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] controlled the legislature and Stokes was defeated. He was the Republican nominee for governor in 1913, but lost to [[James F. Fielder]]. From 1919 to 1927, he was the Chairman of the [[New Jersey Republican State Committee]].  Stokes ran for the U.S. Senate in 1928, but finished second in the Republican primary behind [[Hamilton Fish Kean]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/1920-1970//1928-primary-election.pdf|title=Results of the Primary Election May 15th, 1928|author=Secretary of the State of New Jersey|access-date=18 Aug 2021}}</ref> He chaired the state's GOP general election campaign that year.

Stokes was the President of Mechanics National Bank in [[Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton]] and was President of the New Jersey Bankers Association. He lost much of his own money in the stock market crash, and in 1939 the [[New Jersey Legislature]] voted to give him a $2,500-a-year pension.  Stokes turned the money down and instead took a state job advising New Jersey's public information office.

Stokes died November 4, 1942, aged 81. He is buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in [[Millville, New Jersey]].