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Edmund Jackson Davis (October 2, 1827 – February 24, 1883) was an American lawyer, soldier, and politician. Davis was a Southern Unionist and a general in the Union Army in the American Civil War. He also served as the 14th Governor of Texas from 1870 to 1874, during the Reconstruction era.
Edmund J. Davis, Union Army officer and Reconstruction governor of Texas, was born at St. Augustine, Florida, on October 2, 1827, the son of William Godwin and Mary Ann (Channer) Davis. His father, who came from South Carolina, was a land developer and attorney at St. Augustine.
26 de may. de 2024 · E dmund J. Davis, Union Army officer and Reconstruction governor of Texas, was born at St. Augustine, Florida, on October 2, 1827, the son of William Godwin and Mary Ann (Channer) Davis. His father, who came from South Carolina, was a land developer and attorney at St. Augustine.
Edmund Jackson Davis (2 de octubre de 1827 - 24 de febrero de 1883) fue un abogado, soldado y político estadounidense. Davis era un unionista del sur y general del ejército de la Unión en la Guerra Civil estadounidense. También sirvió como el decimocuarto gobernador de Texas de 1870 a 1874, durante la era de la Reconstrucción.
Hace 5 días · Edmund Jackson Davis. October 2, 1827–February 7, 1883. Governor Edmund Davis played a critical role in reconstructing Texas after the Civil War. He championed the constitutional rights of the formerly enslaved, established the state’s Republican Party, and instituted a centralized system of public education.
1 de dic. de 2012 · Edmund J. Davis famously hoped to “leave Texas at the end of my term of office a quiet and peaceable and law respecting state” (p. 51). Davis, a radical Republican who was governor of Texas from 1870 to 1874, created the Texas State Police in 1870 in hopes of curbing the widespread violence in the former Confederate state.
Edmund Jackson Davis (October 2, 1827 – February 24, 1883) was an American lawyer, soldier, and politician. He was a Southern Unionist and a general in the Union Army in the American Civil War. He also served for one term from 1870 to 1874 as the 14th Governor of Texas.
