Edmund J. Davis Jr.

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gptkbp:instanceOf Person
gptkbp:advocatesFor Economic development
Education reform
Voting rights
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Union_League
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Republican_Reconstruction
gptkbp:birthDate 1827-10-02
gptkbp:birthPlace New_York_City,_New_York
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Texas_State_Cemetery
gptkbp:celebrates gptkb:Statue_in_Texas_State_Capitol
gptkbp:children gptkb:Edmund_J._Davis_III
gptkbp:controversy Opposition_to_Democratic_policies
gptkbp:deathDate 1883-02-07
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Austin,_Texas
gptkbp:descendant Davis_family
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_New_York
gptkbp:electionYear gptkb:Texas_gubernatorial_election,_1869
Won
gptkbp:historicalImpact Influence_on_Reconstruction_policies_in_Texas
gptkbp:historicalSignificance First Republican governor of Texas
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Edmund J. Davis Jr.
gptkbp:image https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Edmund_J._Davis.jpg/220px-Edmund_J._Davis.jpg
gptkbp:influenced Texas_politics
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkbp:knownFor Civil Rights advocacy
gptkbp:legacy Controversial_figure_in_Texas_history
gptkbp:localGovernment Lawyer
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:Union_Army
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:E.J._Davis
gptkbp:notableWork Reconstruction Era policies
gptkbp:occupation Politician
gptkbp:office Governor_of_Texas
gptkbp:party gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:politicalParty Republican
gptkbp:politicalPosition Governor
gptkbp:politicalRole 1869
1874
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:E._J._Davis
gptkbp:rank Colonel
gptkbp:recognizedBy gptkb:Texas_Historical_Commission
gptkbp:relatedTo Texas_history
gptkbp:religion Methodism
gptkbp:signature https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Edmund_J._Davis_signature.svg/220px-Edmund_J._Davis_signature.svg.png
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Mary_Davis
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Richard_Coke
gptkbp:termEnd 1874-01-15
gptkbp:termStart 1869-01-08