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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—PennsylvaniaEdward Lowber STOKES
(1880-1964)
STOKES, Edward Lowber, a
Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa.,
September 29, 1880; attended the public schools and was graduated
from St. Paul’s School, Concord, N.H.; employed as a clerk
for a trust company and later engaged as an investment dealer;
unsuccessful candidate for election to the State house of
representatives in 1930; elected as a Republican to the
Seventy-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
George S. Graham; reelected to the Seventy-third Congress and
served from November 3, 1931, to January 3, 1935; was not a
candidate for renomination but was a gubernatorial candidate in
1934, a candidate for Congress in 1950, and a candidate for mayor
and councilman at large in 1952; engaged in investment banking
until his retirement in 1955; resident of Newtown Square, Pa.; died
November 8, 1964; interment in St. David’s Church Burial
Grounds, Radnor Township, Pa.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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