resting_place predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place religion imagesize party office birth_date term_start appointer signature image article_title term_end name
mount olivet cemetery andrew johnson -lrb- military -rrb- j.e.r. ray william g. brownlow a.j. fletcher 12 november 1904 davidson county , tennessee davidson county , tennessee methodist 200px whig opposition republican prohibition acting governor of tennessee military tennessee secretary of state 01 october 1830 march 4 , 1865 march 12 , 1862 andrew johnson edward-hazzard-east-signature . jpg edward-hazzard-east-by-ritchie . jpg edward h. east
 april 5 , 1865 april 5 , 1865 edward h. east
edward h. east

edward hazzard east -lrb- october 1 , 1830 -- november 12 , 1904 -rrb- 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 state 's military governor under the union army occupation during the civil war .
east briefly served as the state 's acting governor during the interim between johnson 's inauguration as u.s. vice president on march 4 , 1865 , and the inauguration of the state 's `` elected '' governor , william g. brownlow , on april 5 , 1865 .
