Edward Hyde East Jr.
Born: October 1, 1830
Birthplace: Davidson County, Tennessee
Father: Edward Hyde East Sr. 1789 – 1872
Mother: Celia Buchanan 1794 –
Wife: Ida Tennessee "Tennie" Horton 1842 – 1914
(Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee)
Children:
Edwardine Horton "Edine" East 1870 – 1900
(Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee)
Elizabeth "Bessie" East Anderson 1872 – 1948
(Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee)
Political Party: Whig Party, Opposition Party, Republican Party, Prohibition Party
Education:
1850: Graduated from Washington Institute
1854: Graduated from Cumberland University Law School
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Nashville, Tennessee
1859 – 1861: Tennessee State Representative
Civil War Career:
1859 – 1861: Tennessee State Representative
1861: Resigned from Office after Tennessee aligned with Confederacy
He Supported the union and refused to take up arms against the South
1862 – 1865: Military Tennessee Secretary of State
1865: Acting Governor of Tennessee – (March 4th – April 5th)
Declined to be a member of President Johnson's Cabinet
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1869: Attorney in Nashville, Tennessee
1869 – 1870: Davidson County, Tennessee County Chancellor
1870 – 1872: Chancellor of Tennessee's State Seventh Division
Counsel for Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis Railroad
1874: Tennessee State Representative
1878: Declined Greenback Nomination for Governor of Tennessee
1892: Unsuccessful Prohibition Party Candidate for Governor
Died: November 12, 1904
Place of Death: Nashville, Tennessee
Age at time of Death: 74 years old
Burial Place: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee
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