J. Ed Stokes | |
State House: | Florida |
District: | Bay County |
Term: | 1918–1925, 1929, 1947, 1953 |
Birth Date: | 7 May 1888 |
Birth Place: | Abbeville, Alabama |
Death Place: | Panama City, Florida |
Party: | Democratic |
Occupation: | lawyer |
Residence: | Panama City, Florida |
Alma Mater: | University of Florida |
John Ed Stokes (May 7, 1888 – September 5, 1964) was an American politician in the state of Florida.
Stokes was born in 1888 in Abbeville, Henry County, Alabama.[1] He attended the University of Florida from 1915 to 1916, and was admitted to the Floridian bar upon his year of graduation.[2] He settled in Panama City, Florida where he practiced law with the Stokes & Douglas firm. He was elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 1918, serving until 1925, again in 1929, 1947 and 1953.[3] He was Bay County's prosecuting attorney from 1919 to 1925 and 1928 to 1929. He also owned Stokes Jewelry Company in Panama City. He died there in 1964.[4]