William Lee Cazort
| William Lee Cazort, Sr. | |
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| 2nd Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas | |
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In office 1929–1931 |
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| Governor | Harvey Parnell |
| Preceded by | Harvey Parnell |
| Succeeded by | Lawrence Elery Wilson |
| 4th Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas | |
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In office January 10, 1933 – January 12, 1937 |
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| Governor | Junius Marion Futrell |
| Preceded by | Lawrence Elery Wilson |
| Succeeded by | Robert L. Bailey |
| Arkansas State Representative from Johnson County | |
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In office 1915–1918 |
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| Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives | |
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In office 1917–1918 |
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| Preceded by | L. E. Sawyer |
| Succeeded by | C. P. Newton |
| Arkansas State Senator from Johnson and Pope counties | |
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In office 1919–1922 |
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| President of the Arkansas State Senate | |
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In office 1921–1922 |
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| Preceded by | Harry L. Ponder |
| Succeeded by | Jacob R. Wilson |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
December 3, 1887 Lamar, Arkansas, USA |
| Died | October 6, 1969 (aged 81) Little Rock, Arkansas |
| Resting place | Oakland Cemetery in Little Rock |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Rachel Cora Cline Cazort (married 1916) |
| Children |
Four children, all deceased: |
| Alma mater |
Hendrix College |
| Profession | Lawyer; Businessman |
Four children, all deceased:
William L. Cazort, Jr. (died 1999)
Bettie Belle Cazort Vaughan Emery Stover (1918–2011)
Cornelia Cazort Phillips
Hendrix College
University of Arkansas
William Lee Cazort, Sr. (December 3, 1887 – October 6, 1969), was the second and fourth Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas. Originally from Johnson County in northwestern Arkansas, Cazort served from 1929 to 1931 under Governor Harvey Parnell and from 1933 to 1937 under Governor Junius Marion Futrell.
On three occasions, however, Cazort failed in bids for the pivotal Democratic gubernatorial nomination. He lost in 1924 to Tom Jefferson Terral, when the Ku Klux Klan was the overwhelming state issue. Cazort and rival Terral carried Klan support. A third candidate John Ellis Martineau, ran without Klan backing and lost but two years later in 1926 unseated Governor Terral, one of the few chief executives in Arkansas to serve only a single two-year term. In 1930, as the sitting lieutenant governor, and with the KKK no longer an issue, Cazort challenged Governor Parnell. He questioned Parnell's spending and cronyism in the state highway department. Prior to the primary, Cazort withdrew to support Brooks Hays, later a U.S. Representative from Little Rock. Parnell was also Cazort's predecessor as lieutenant governor. Cazort was again elected lieutenant governor in 1932 and 1934, when he drew no opposition. In 1935, the president pro tempore of the state senate under Cazort's tenure was William F. Norrell, later a U.S. representative. In 1936, Cazort once more ran for governor but again withdrew from the race when Carl Edward Bailey gained the advantage.
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