| Edward Echols | |
| Office: | President pro tempore of the Senate of Virginia |
| Term Start: | January 8, 1908 |
| Term End: | December 19, 1914 |
| Predecessor: | Henry T. Wickham |
| Successor: | C. Harding Walker |
| State Senate2: | Virginia |
| District2: | 9th |
| Term Start2: | January 10, 1906 |
| Term End2: | December 19, 1914 |
| Preceded2: | John N. Opie |
| Succeeded2: | William H. Landes |
| Term Start3: | December 4, 1889 |
| Term End3: | December 1, 1897 |
| Preceded3: | Absalom Koiner |
| Succeeded3: | John N. Opie |
| Order4: | 18th |
| Office4: | Lieutenant Governor of Virginia |
| Term Start4: | January 1, 1898 |
| Term End4: | January 1, 1902 |
| Governor4: | James Hoge Tyler |
| Predecessor4: | Robert Craig Kent |
| Successor4: | Joseph Edward Willard |
| Office5: | Member of the Virginia House of Delegates for Augusta and Staunton City |
| Term Start5: | December 5, 1883 |
| Term End5: | December 4, 1889 |
| Preceded5: | J. Marshall Hanger |
| Succeeded5: | George M. Cochran Jr. |
| Birth Date: | September 2, 1849 |
| Birth Place: | Union, Virginia, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Staunton, Virginia, U.S. |
| Father: | John Echols |
| Spouse: | Margaret Young Echols |
| Profession: | Attorney |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Signature: | Edward Echols (signature).png |
Edward Echols (September 2, 1849 – December 19, 1914) was a U.S. political figure from the Commonwealth of Virginia.[1] Echols held office as the 18th Lieutenant Governor of Virginia from 1898 to 1902.
Edward Echols was born in Monroe County (now in West Virginia). There is some confusion over his birth year, but he is listed in the 1850 census as being one year old in September 1850. He and his family moved to Staunton, Virginia, after the Civil War. He also served for six years in the Virginia House of Delegates and for a total of twelve years in the Senate of Virginia. His father, John Echols, was a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. Echols served as the National Valley Bank's third president from 1905 to 1915.[2]
His house at Staunton, known as Oakdene, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.