Edward Hazzard East (October 1, 1830 – November 12, 1904) was an American attorney, judge, and politician.

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.

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.

[2] East enrolled in Washington Institute in Nashville in the late 1840s, and graduated with a degree in literature in 1850.

[3] When Johnson was elected vice president on Lincoln's ticket in November 1864, authorities realized there would be a month between Johnson's inauguration as vice president on March 4, 1865, and the inauguration of William G. Brownlow as governor on April 5.

[2] In 1874, East was elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives, and served as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee.

[2] In 1892, East ran for governor on the Prohibition Party ticket,[6] but placed a distant fourth behind Democrat Peter Turney, Republican George W. Winstead, and Farm-Labor incumbent John P.