Charles M. Stokes

Charles Moorehead Stokes (February 1, 1902 – November 25, 1996) was an American politician, jurist, and lawyer who served several terms in the Washington State House of Representatives.

At the end of his first term he was selected "Outstanding Freshman Legislator" by the Young Republican Club.

[2] Stokes was reelected in 1952 and, the same year, campaigned for Dwight Eisenhower as a delegate to the Republican National Convention during which he delivered an address from the platform.

He returned to the House of Representatives in 1956 before being unseated in his 1958 reelection bid by Democrat Sam Smith.

In 1968 he was appointed to fill a vacancy in a district court judgeship, which he held until his retirement in 1978.