Lee Cazort

William Lee Cazort, Sr.
Cazort c. 1917
5th and 7th Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas
In office
January 9, 1933[1] – January 11, 1937[2]
GovernorJunius Marion Futrell
Preceded byLawrence Wilson[3]
Succeeded byRobert L. Bailey[2]
In office
January 14, 1929[4] – January 12, 1931[5]
GovernorHarvey Parnell
Preceded byHarvey Parnell
Succeeded byLawrence Wilson
Member of the Arkansas Senate
from the Fourth district
In office
January 13, 1919[6] – January 8, 1923[7]
Preceded byJ. M. Barker[6]
Succeeded byRobert Bailey[7]
41st Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives
In office
January 8, 1917[8] – January 13, 1919[6]
Preceded byL. E. Sawyer[9]
Succeeded byC. P. Newton[10]
Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
from the Johnson County district
In office
January 11, 1915[11] – January 13, 1919[6]
Preceded byHeartsill Ragon[12]
Succeeded byE. T. McConnell[10]
Personal details
Born(1887-12-03)December 3, 1887
Lamar, Arkansas, USA
DiedOctober 6, 1969(1969-10-06) (aged 81)
Little Rock, Arkansas
Resting placeOakland Cemetery in Little Rock
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseRachel Cora Cline Cazort (married 1916)
ChildrenFour children, all deceased:

William L. Cazort, Jr. (died 1999)
Bettie Belle Cazort Vaughan Emery Stover (1918–2011)
Cornelia Cazort Phillips

Ronald Cazort
Alma materHendrix College

University of Arkansas

Washington and Lee University School of Law
ProfessionLawyer; Businessman

William Lee Cazort, Sr. (December 3, 1887 – October 6, 1969) was a lawyer and Democratic politician from Johnson County in the Arkansas River Valley. Winning a seat in the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1915, Cazort became a rising star in Arkansas politics for the next eight years. He was defeated in the 1924 Democratic gubernatorial primary, but served as the fifth and seventh Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas from 1929 to 1931 under Governor Harvey Parnell and from 1933 to 1937 under Governor Junius Marion Futrell. Cazort also sought the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in 1930 and 1936, but failed to gain necessary statewide support and withdrew before the primary both times.

  1. ^ "SOS" (1998), p. 287.
  2. ^ a b "SOS" (1998), p. 290.
  3. ^ "SOS" (1998), p. 285.
  4. ^ "SOS" (1998), pp. 283.
  5. ^ "SOS" (1998), pp. 285.
  6. ^ a b c d "SOS" (1998), p. 275.
  7. ^ a b "SOS" (1998), p. 278.
  8. ^ "SOS" (1998), pp. 273–274.
  9. ^ "SOS" (1998), p. 272.
  10. ^ a b "SOS" (1998), p. 276.
  11. ^ "SOS" (1998), pp. 271–273.
  12. ^ "SOS" (1998), p. 271.