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Edward Casper Stokes (December 22, 1860November 4, 1942) was an American Republican Party politician, who served as the 32nd
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, from 1905 to 1908.


Biography

Stokes was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1860. He attended the Friends School in Rhode Island, and graduated from
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in 1883. Stokes was elected to the
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in 1891, and was a member of the
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from
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between 1893 and 1901. He was the Governor between 1905 and 1908. Stokes made his first attempt at the
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in 1902 after the death of
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, 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, 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
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. Stokes ran for the U.S. Senate in 1928, but finished second in the Republican primary behind
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. He chaired the state's GOP general election campaign that year. Stokes was the President of Mechanics National Bank in 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
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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
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.


See also

* List of governors of New Jersey


References


External links

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Biography of Edward Casper Stokes (PDF)
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