Edward H. East

Edward Hazzard East was an American attorney, judge, and politician. He served as Secretary of State for the state of Tennessee from 1862 to 1865, having been appointed by Andrew Johnson, the states military governor under the Union Army occupation during the Civil War. East briefly served as the states acting governor during the interim between Johnsons inauguration as U.S. Vice President on March 4, 1865, and the inauguration of the states elected governor, William G. Brownlow, on April 5, 1865.

East was born in Davidson County, Tennessee, one of ten children of Edward Hyde East and Cecelia Buchanan East. His paternal grandfather, Benjamin East, had migrated from England in the 18th century. His father served as a justice of the peace for Davidson County, and was a supporter of Whig presidential candidate Hugh Lawson White in 1836.

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