William Lee Cazort

William Lee Cazort (* 1888 in Lamar, Arkansas; † 6 October 1969 in Little Rock, Arkansas ) was an American politician and lawyer. He was from 1929 to 1931 and from 1933 to 1937 Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas.

Cazort came in 1888 in Lamar in Johnson County, the son of John Robert and Belle Cazort Cazort (nee Gardner) to the world. He grew up in a household with seven siblings and attended public schools in Lamar. Later Cazort attended Hendrix College and studied law at the University of Arkansas and then at Washington and Lee University, where he completed his studies in 1910 from. Then he returned to Arkansas and practiced there in Fort Smith. On December 1, 1916, he married Rachel Cline. The couple had four children. Cazorts political career began in 1915 when he was elected to the House of Representatives from Arkansas. In 1917, he became its Speaker. In 1919 he was elected to the Senate from Arkansas. After a successful re-election, he was President of the Senate in 1921. At that time, Cazort the youngest Speaker and Senate President in the history of Arkansas.

Cazort candidate in 1924 for the nomination of Democratic gubernatorial candidate. Here he had as the Ku Klux Klan of related politicians support James A. Comer to the Exalted Cyclops and Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan in Arkansas. However, as other candidates complained about the support of the clan itself, there was a breakdown of the votes of the Klan affiliated voters layer and Cazort could achieve only second behind Tom Terral. His defeat weakened Comer's leadership and announced the waning political influence of the Klan in Arkansas in the late 1920s on.

1928 Cazort was elected Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas. His predecessor, Harvey Parnell was nachgerückt for the retiring Governor John Martineau in his office. Cazort and Parnell did not get along well. This was mainly due to their competing political ambitions. Thus, Parnell refused to leave Arkansas in 1930 not to leave as deputy governor into office to Cazort. Cazort ran again in 1930 not as lieutenant governor, but tried to be nominated instead of Parnell to the Democratic candidate for governor. During the nomination process, however, he withdrew his candidacy and support Brooks Hays. Following is Cazort moved briefly retired from politics and practiced again as a lawyer in Little Rock. In this city he had previously drawn in 1929. He specialized here to the claims of veterans of the First World War.

1932 Cazort was elected for the second time as Vice- Governor and was also the next election in 1934 to decide for themselves. In the democratic Gouverneursnominierun 1936 Cazort to be nominated again tried, but three weeks before the final nomination he renounced in favor of Carl Bailey. This was the last time you ran the Cazort for political office.

1937 Cazort was appointed by Governor Junius Futrell in the newly established Public Welfare Commission. This commission came back later in the criticism and Cazort occurred.

On October 6, 1969, he died in a hospital in Little Rock. He was buried at the Oakland Cemetery in Little Rock.