Edmund J. Davis

Edmund Jackson Davis 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. He created the Texas State Police and imposed martial law, after having state senators who walked out in opposition and to obstruct the move arrested. He supported civil rights for African Americans. He also sought to divide Texas into multiple Republican governed states. He established a state press. He lost re-election in a disputed election and had to be removed from office. He was the last Republican Party governor of Texas for many decades.