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. Davis is known for championing African American civil rights in Texas after the Civil War, creating the Texas State Police, and being the last Republican Party governor of Texas for many decades.