Edward Echols (September 2, 1849 – December 19, 1914) was a U.S. political figure from the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Edward Echols was born in Monroe County (now in West Virginia).

He and his family moved to Staunton, Virginia, after the Civil War.

His father, John Echols, was a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.

[2] His house at Staunton, known as Oakdene, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.