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Edmund J. Davis was appointed governor of Texas in January 8, 1870 (about five weeks after the election and before the official outcome had been confirmed). Davis had a a four-year term and was officially inaugurated on April 28, 1870. Davis was governor during the Reconstruction era. The ...

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