Webster Davis (June 1, 1861 – February 22, 1923) was a mayor of Kansas City, Missouri from 1894 to 1896 and was the Assistant Secretary of the Interior from 1897 to 1898.

[citation needed] After graduating from the University of Michigan Law School he moved to Kansas City, Missouri where he unsuccessfully ran for Congress in 1892.

In 1897, Davis was appointed by President William McKinley as Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

[1][2] He wrote a book about the Boer War entitled John Bull's Crime: Or, Assaults on Republics which was published in 1901.

[citation needed] He died in Kansas City on February 22, 1923,[2] and is buried in Elmwood Cemetery.