Lee Cazort

William Lee Cazort, Sr.
William Lee Cazort, Sr.
	Cazort c. 1917
5th and 7th Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas
	In office; January 9, 1933 – January 11, 1937
Governor	Junius Marion Futrell
Preceded by	Lawrence Wilson
Succeeded by	Robert L. Bailey
	In office; January 14, 1929 – January 12, 1931
Governor	Harvey Parnell
Preceded by	Harvey Parnell
Succeeded by	Lawrence Wilson
Member of the Arkansas Senate; from the Fourth district
	In office; January 13, 1919 – January 8, 1923
Preceded by	J. M. Barker
Succeeded by	Robert Bailey
41st Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives
	In office; January 8, 1917 – January 13, 1919
Preceded by	L. E. Sawyer
Succeeded by	C. P. Newton
Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives; from the Johnson County district
	In office; January 11, 1915 – January 13, 1919
Preceded by	Heartsill Ragon
Succeeded by	E. T. McConnell
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	Rachel Cora Cline Cazort (married 1916)
Children	Four children, all deceased:; William L. Cazort, Jr. (died 1999); Bettie Belle Cazort Vaughan Emery Stover (1918–2011); Cornelia Cazort Phillips; Ronald Cazort
Alma mater	Hendrix College; University of Arkansas; Washington and Lee University School of Law
Profession	Lawyer; 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.

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