 In 1931, Mary Stokes went to Reno, Nevada, to get a divorce.Stokes was a member of the New York State Senate from 1933 to 1952, sitting in the 156th, 157th, 158th, 159th, 160th, 161st, 162nd, 163rd, 164th, 165th, 166th, 167th and 168th New York State Legislatures.On November 14, 1934, he married Hannah Lee Sherman (1905–2001), a grand-niece of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman.