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.

He practiced law in Fort Smith and maintained orchards on Big Danger Mountain in Johnson County.

[14] In 1914, Cazort officially entered politics by running for the Johnson County seat in the Arkansas House of Representatives.

Cazort won the election for the seat previously filled by Heartsill Ragon, who became a powerful United States Congressman.

[13] While in the House, he introduced what became the Tick Eradication Act and sponsored legislation which provide taxpayer-funded textbooks for the first eight grades in Arkansas public schools.

Cazort won the Ku Klux Klan 'gubernatorial primary' over James Ferguson, another candidate seeking the Democratic nomination.

[16] Tom Terral, who had been ousted from the Klan but did not take a hard anti-Klan stance, ultimately won the 1924 Democratic primary.

A campaign advertisement from a Benton County newspaper mentioned the succession of Parnell while making the case for Cazort.

[17] Cazort emerged victorious from a four-candidate field for the Democratic nomination, which was tantamount to election during the Solid South period.

A former resident of Wynne and a one-time employee of the Arkansas Legislative Council, Bettie Stover was the Cross County chairman of the Winthrop Rockefeller gubernatorial campaigns.