Louis Stokes

US representative, born in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. An army veteran and lawyer from Cleveland, he served in the US House of Representatives (Democrat, 1963), becoming chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence in 1989.

Born in Cleveland, Stokes and his brother Carl B. Stokes, lived in one of the first federally funded housing projects the Outhwaite Homes. Stokes served in the U.S. Army from 1943-1946. After attending Western Reserve University and Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Stokes began practicing law in Cleveland in 1953. Stokes served 15 terms in total, retiring in 1999.

Stokes's tenure in the House of Representatives consisted of service on the House Appropriations Committee where he was influential in bringing revenue to Cleveland. In the 1970s, Stokes served as Chairman of the House Select Committee on Assassinations, charged with investigating the murders of President John F. Stokes also served on the House committee that investigated the Iran-Contra Affair.

Stokes's brother, Carl B. His daughter, Angela Stokes, serves as a Cleveland Municipal Court judge while another, Lori Stokes, is a journalist with WABC-TV New York. Stokes practices law in Cleveland, Ohio and Washington, D.C. Many buildings throughout the country have been named in Stokes honor including: Howard University's medical library, the Cleveland Public Library's main building expansion, GCRTA's Windermere station Louis Stokes Station at Windermere, and the greater Cleveland area Veteran's hospital was renamed the Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center.