Edward C. Stokes

Edward Casper Stokes ( born December 22, 1860 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, † November 4, 1942 in Trenton, New Jersey ) was an American politician and 1905-1908 Governor of the State of New Jersey.

Early years and political rise

Edward Stokes attended the Friends School in Rhode Iceland and then to 1883 the Brown University in Providence. He then became active in the banking industry. Between 1889 and 1898 he was also school board in Milville. Stokes was a member of the Republican Party. Between 1891 and 1892 he was a deputy in the New Jersey General Assembly; 1892 to 1901 he was a member of the State Senate, where he was its president in 1895. In 1902 he applied unsuccessfully for a seat in the U.S. Senate. In 1900 he was deputy chairman of his party in New Jersey. From 1901 to 1905 he was employed at a Court of Chancery. On November 8, 1904 was elected governor of his state.

Governor of New Jersey and other CV

Edward Stokes joined his three-year term on 17 January 1905. During his reign, the railway companies were taxed higher in New Jersey and adopted some reform laws. Due to a constitutional provision he could not stand straight again in 1907. He resigned from his post on 21 January 1908. In 1912 he undertook a second, also unsuccessful, attempt in the U.S. Senate to be elected in 1913 and failed a renewed candidacy for the governorship of New Jersey. Between 1919 and 1927, Stokes was chairman of his party in New Jersey. Another start to a seat in the U.S. Senate failed 1928. In 1936 he was chairman of the Republican party convention in New Jersey.

Stokes was president of the Mechanics National Bank in Trenton and the Bankers Association of New Jersey. The stock market crash in October 1929 met Stokes difficult. He lost a lot of equity. For this reason it offered the state of New Jersey in 1939 to a pension of $ 2,500 a year. This offer refused Stokes. Instead, he became an adviser to the Ministry of Public Relations (New Jersey 's Public Information Office ). Edward Stokes died in November 1942.

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