Walter Naylor Davis (November 29, 1876 – September 16, 1951) was an American Democratic politician from the state of Missouri.

He was the state's 34th Lieutenant Governor[1] and a former commissioner of the Missouri Supreme Court.

Davis' father had been a Colonel in the 5th Division of the Missouri State Guards during the Civil War.

[4] Davis received his secondary education at Smith Academy (St. Louis), graduating in 1894.

Davis made his first foray into elective politics in 1916 by running for a circuit judge position in St. Louis County.