“It’s kind of a fascinating event in Texas history,” said Professor Carl Moneyhon of the University of Arkansas-Little Rock, a Texan and the author of a Davis biography. White Confederate sympathizers wrote Texas’ history books, so what happened next gets told different ways. When Republican President Ulysses S. Grant declined to send troops to support Davis, Davis departed the Capitol. “This is where the story gets complicated.” said Moneyhon, author of “Edmund J. Davis of Texas: Civil War General, Republican Leader, Reconstruction Governor” (TCU Press, 337 pages, $27.95). Davis remained chairman of the Republican Party of Texas, running twice more for governor and Congress.

Source: The Star December 26, 2020 19:41 UTC