Henry Davis Todd Jr. (August 29, 1866 – January 22, 1964) was a career officer in the United States Army.

During the Spanish–American War, Todd helped raise the new 7th Artillery and commanded a battery as the regiment took part in the coastal defenses of Florida and New York.

He later commanded the field artillery of several Army divisions, and after the war remained in Europe on occupation duty.

[3] He then began attendance at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn), from which he graduated in 1886 with a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering.

[3][5] Todd was a member of the university's baseball team and earned academic honors during all four years he was a student.

[6] After graduating from Penn, Todd was appointed to the United States Military Academy by Maryland Congressman Barnes Compton.

[8] From August 1894 to May 1898, Todd was assigned detached duty as a faculty member with West Point's Department of Ordnance and Gunnery.

[9] From July 1901 to October 1902, Todd was assigned to the staff of the artillery district based at Fort Hamilton, New York.

[9] Beginning in 1907, Todd was a student at the United States Army War College, from which he graduated in September 1908.

[10] In June 1917, a few weeks after the American entry into World War I, Todd was assigned as commander of Fort Adams and the Coast Defenses of Narragansett Bay.

[10] In August he was promoted to temporary brigadier general and assigned to Camp Logan, Texas as commander of the 58th Artillery Brigade, a unit of the 33rd Division.

[10] He was evacuated for treatment, and on November 6, Todd returned to command of the 89th Division Artillery, which he led during combat in the Tailly, Ardennes area until the end of the war.

[10] In May 1919, Todd led the 58th Artillery Brigade back to the United States, and it was demobilized at Camp Grant, Illinois in June.

Brigadier General Todd distinguished himself by gallantry in action while serving as Commanding General, 58th Field Artillery Brigade, 33d Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in action near Romagne, France, 30 October 1918, in making a personal reconnaissance under heavy machine gun and shell fire.

[3] He left the Naval War College before completing the program because he was assigned to command the 31st Coast Artillery Brigade at Fort Lewis, Washington, which he led from December 1920 to July 1921.

[11] In 1923, Todd returned to the United States and was assigned to command the Ninth Coast Artillery District in San Francisco.

[19] They were the parents of three children – Henry Poultney (born and died in 1899), Harriet Stewart (1900–1994), and Harrison Tyler (1905–2001).