{{Short description|American politician}} {{other people||Edward Stokes (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Edward L. Stokes |image = Edward L. Stokes.png |office = Member of the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] from Pennsylvania |term_start = November 3, 1931 |term_end = January 3, 1935 |predecessor = [[George S. Graham]] (2nd)<br/>[[Robert Lee Davis|Robert L. Davis]] (6th) |successor = [[Michael J. Stack]] (2nd)<br/>[[James M. Beck]] (6th) |constituency = {{ushr|PA|2|2nd district}} (1931-33)<br/>{{ushr|PA|6|6th district}} (1933-35) |party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |birth_date = {{Birth date|1880|09|29}} |birth_place = [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], U.S. |death_date = {{Death date and age|1964|11|08|1880|09|29}} |death_place = [[Willistown Township, Pennsylvania]], U.S. |resting_place= [[St. David's Episcopal Church (Radnor, Pennsylvania)|St. David's Episcopal Church]], [[Radnor, Pennsylvania]] }} '''Edward Lowber Stokes''' (September 29, 1880 – November 8, 1964) was an American politician from Philadelphia who served as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] member of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] for [[Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district]] from 1931 to 1933 and [[Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district]] from 1933 to 1935.
==Early life and education== Stokes was born on September 29, 1880, in [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania. He graduated from [[St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire)|St. Paul's School]] in [[Concord, New Hampshire]].<ref name=bioguide/> He was an international polo player and was captain of the [[Philadelphia Country Club]] polo team.<ref>{{cite news |title=Death of Edward L. Stokes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16551314/death-of-edward-l-stokes/ |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=9 November 1964 |page=30 |access-date=8 August 2022}}</ref> Stokes served as a vestryman for [[Christ Church, Philadelphia|Christ Church]] in Philadelphia from 1913 to 1940.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gough |first1=Deborah Mathias |title=Christ Church, Philadelphia - The Nation's Church in a Changing City |date=1995 |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press |location=Philadelphia |isbn=0-8122-3272-0 |page=306 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qFSH7S-1apAC |access-date=8 August 2022}}</ref>
==Career== He was employed as a clerk for a trust company and later engaged as an investment dealer. He founded the company Edward Stokes & Co.<ref name=NYTimes>{{cite news |title=Edward Stokes, 84, Broker and Former Congressman |work=The New York Times |date=9 November 1964 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/11/09/archives/edward-stokes-84-broker-and-former-congressman.html |access-date=8 August 2022}}</ref> He was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives]] in 1930.
Stokes was elected as a Republican to the [[72nd Congress]] in 1931 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of [[George S. Graham]] and served until 1935. He was not a candidate for renomination because he was a gubernatorial candidate in 1934. He was again a candidate for Congress in 1950, and a candidate for mayor and councilman at large in 1952. He remained engaged in investment banking until his retirement in 1955.<ref name=bioguide/>
[[File:Edward L. Stokes Tombstone.jpg|thumb|left|Edward L. Stokes tombstone in [[St. David's Episcopal Church (Radnor, Pennsylvania)|St. David's Episcopal Church]] graveyard]] He died in [[Willistown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania|Willistown Township]], Pennsylvania<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kestenbaum |first1=Lawrence |title=Stokes |url=https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stokes.html |website=www.politicalgraveyard.com |publisher=The Political Graveyard |access-date=7 August 2022}}</ref> on November 8, 1964, and was interred at [[St. David's Episcopal Church (Radnor, Pennsylvania)|St. David's Episcopal Church]] in Radnor, Pennsylvania.<ref name=bioguide>{{cite web |title=Stokes, Edward Lowber 1880-1964 |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S000946 |website=www.bioguide.congress.gov |publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=7 August 2022}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}}
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