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{{Short description|American politician (1860–1942)}}
{{other people||Edward Stokes (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name= Edward C. Stokes
|image= Ex-Gov. E.C. Stokes (...), 2-17-23 LCCN2016847236 (cropped).jpg
|caption=Stokes in 1923
|order1=32nd
|office1= Governor of New Jersey
|term_start1= January 17, 1905
|term_end1= January 21, 1908
|predecessor1= [[Franklin Murphy (governor)|Franklin Murphy]]
|successor1= [[John Franklin Fort]]
|office2= Member of the [[New Jersey Senate]]<bR>from [[Cumberland County, New Jersey|Cumberland County]]
|term2= 1893–1903
|predecessor2 = Seaman R. Fowler
|successor2 = [[Bloomfield Minch]]
|office3= Member of the [[New Jersey General Assembly]]
|term3= 1891
|spouse=
|birth_name= Edward Casper Stokes
|birth_date= {{birth date|1860|12|22}}
|birth_place= [[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
|death_date= {{death date and age|1942|11|4|1860|12|22}}
|death_place= [[Trenton, New Jersey]]
|party= [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
}}
'''Edward Casper Stokes''' (December 22, 1860{{spnd}}November 4, 1942) was an American [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] politician, who served as the 32nd [[governor of New Jersey]], from 1905 to 1908.

==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]].

==See also==
*[[List of governors of New Jersey]]

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060312034912/http://www.njstatelib.org/NJ_Information/Digital_Collections/Governors_of_New_Jersey/GSTOK.pdf Biography of Edward Casper Stokes (PDF)], [[New Jersey State Library]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930040832/http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=a2e604e4964e9010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD New Jersey Edward Casper Stokes], [[National Governors Association]]
*{{Find a Grave|7630093}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060305032622/http://www.co.cumberland.nj.us/facts/history/people_century/viewpeople.asp?id=10 Cumberland County: Our People of the Century]

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