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Positive and Negative Aspects of E.J. Davis' stint as Governor of Texas

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This 4 page paper looks at the stint of this unpopular Texas governor. Biographical information is included. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

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of Governor Davis: "E. J. Davis was the last Republican governor after Reconstruction. He didnt want to leave office, so had to be thrown out by force of arms. And basically, it would be 104 years after he left before we would have another Republican governor. But once that memory started fading ... once those people were dying out and the memory was gone, then you could just see, just a mathematical, absolute increase in Republican base vote come along" (Masset qtd. in "How Texas Became a Red State," 2005). Of course, Davis was an unusual Republican as the party has gone through a great deal of transition since E.J. Davis held office. Clearly, there is a lot of controversy about this man and a lot of bad things are said about him. What are some of the negative things Davis did? What are the positive things? On balance, was he a good governor or do the negative aspects outweigh the positive? It should be said that Davis was born in 1827 and was admitted to the bar in 1849 ("Edmund Jackson Davis," 2007). He was a lawyer and then a judge and in 1858, married Anne Britton who was the daughter of a state senator who happened to be the friend of Sam Houston ("Edmund Jackson Davis," 2007). Davis would remain a member of the Whig party until the middle of the 1850s when he joined the Democrats ("Edmund Jackson Davis," 2007). Down the road, he would support Sam Houston and also opposed secession in 1861 ("Edmund Jackson Davis," 2007). But Texas did secede. After that, Davis would not be loyal to the Confederacy and the state responded by taking away his judgeship ("Edmund Jackson Davis," 2007). He left in May of 1862 and traveled to Washington and New ...

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