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background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">6th <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Arkansas" title="Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas">Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 12, 1931<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – January 9, 1933<sup id="cite_ref-harvp|SOS|1998|p=_287_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harvp|SOS|1998|p=_287-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Governor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Harvey_Parnell" title="Harvey Parnell">Harvey Parnell</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lee_Cazort" title="Lee Cazort">Lee Cazort</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Lee Cazort<sup id="cite_ref-harvp|SOS|1998|p=_287_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harvp|SOS|1998|p=_287-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives" title="Arkansas House of Representatives">Arkansas House of Representatives</a></span><br />from the Ouachita County district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 10, 1927<sup id="cite_ref-harvp|SOS|1998|pp=_282-283_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harvp|SOS|1998|pp=_282-283-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – January 12, 1931<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Henry_Hollensworth&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Henry Hollensworth (page does not exist)">Henry Hollensworth</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=R._K._Mason&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="R. 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Mason</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1884-07-07</span>)</span>July 7, 1884<br /><a href="/wiki/Village,_Arkansas" title="Village, Arkansas">Village, Arkansas</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">June 23, 1946<span style="display:none">(1946-06-23)</span> (aged 61)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data">Auditor, politician<sup id="cite_ref-ltbio_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ltbio-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Lawrence Elery Wilson</b> (July 7, 1884 – June 23, 1946) was an American businessman and politician from <a href="/wiki/South_Arkansas" title="South Arkansas">South Arkansas</a>. He served in the <a href="/wiki/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives" title="Arkansas House of Representatives">Arkansas House of Representatives</a> from 1927 to 1931. He was elected <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Arkansas" title="Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas">Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas</a>, serving under Governor <a href="/wiki/Harvey_Parnell" title="Harvey Parnell">Harvey Parnell</a> until he was defeated by <a href="/wiki/Lee_Cazort" title="Lee Cazort">Lee Cazort</a> in the Democratic primary. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lawrence_Elery_Wilson&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wilson was born in <a href="/wiki/Village,_Arkansas" title="Village, Arkansas">Village, Arkansas</a> to L.T. Wilson and Mattie (<span title="Name at birth"><a href="/wiki/Birth_name#Maiden_and_married_names" title="Birth name">née</a></span> Booth) Wilson on July 7, 1884. He had five brothers and one sister.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He attended local schools, the Southwest Academy at Magnolia, and briefly taught school after graduation.<sup id="cite_ref-ltbio_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ltbio-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He moved to Finn, Arkansas and worked as an <a href="/wiki/Auditor" title="Auditor">auditor</a> at the Grayson Lumber Company until 1918.<sup id="cite_ref-ltbio_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ltbio-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He took a job with Watts Brothers in <a href="/wiki/Camden,_Arkansas" title="Camden, Arkansas">Camden</a>, a rapidly growing economic center in the <a href="/wiki/Arkansas_Timberlands" title="Arkansas Timberlands">Arkansas Timberlands</a>, in 1918.<sup id="cite_ref-ltbio_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ltbio-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The region would soon have a small <a href="/wiki/Oil_boom" title="Oil boom">oil boom</a>, further driving growth and prosperity. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_career">Political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lawrence_Elery_Wilson&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Wilson first won election as Ouachita County <a href="/wiki/Officer_of_the_court" title="Officer of the court">circuit and chancery clerk</a> in November 1922. He held the position from January 1923 to January 1927.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He won a seat in the Arkansas House of Representatives to represent Ouachita County in November 1926, and was seated in the 46th Arkansas General Assembly in January 1927.<sup id="cite_ref-harvp|SOS|1998|pp=_282-283_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harvp|SOS|1998|pp=_282-283-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wilson won reelection in November 1928.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lieutenant_governor">Lieutenant governor</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lawrence_Elery_Wilson&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Lieutenant governor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1930, Wilson sought the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor. During the <a href="/wiki/Solid_South" title="Solid South">Solid South</a> period, winning the Democratic nomination was <a href="/wiki/Tantamount_to_election" class="mw-redirect" title="Tantamount to election">tantamount to election</a> in several Southern states, including Arkansas. The incumbent lieutenant governor, <a href="/wiki/Lee_Cazort" title="Lee Cazort">Lee Cazort</a> had unsuccessfully challenged popular incumbent governor <a href="/wiki/Harvey_Parnell" title="Harvey Parnell">Harvey Parnell</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Arkansas_gubernatorial_election,_1930" class="mw-redirect" title="Arkansas gubernatorial election, 1930">1930 gubernatorial primary</a>. The lieutenant governor position offered power; recently having been reestablished in 1926 after remaining vacant for twelve years while the position's legitimacy was disputed. Incumbent governor Harvey Parnell had ascended to political prominence as the first lieutenant governor in 1926, and the lieutenant governor assumed the full duties of the governor when he was out of state. </p><p>During this period, Wilson's political future seemed extremely bright. He earned high praise from <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Camden_News&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Camden News (page does not exist)">The Camden News</a></i>, saying "there are not many men in Arkansas more widely known or held in higher esteem for actual accomplishments, than Lawrence Wilson." The <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polk_County_Examiner&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Polk County Examiner (page does not exist)">Polk County Examiner</a></i> said "men like Lawrence Wilson are needed to guide the ship of state past the rocks of exploitation and graft" and "no more fit man can be found for the office to which he aspires".<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upon winning the Democratic nomination, <i>The Camden News</i> printed a front-and-center photo under a headline "Camden to Welcome Victorious "Home Boy"" and described a planned parade from the <a href="/wiki/Missouri_Pacific_Railroad_Depot-Camden" class="mw-redirect" title="Missouri Pacific Railroad Depot-Camden">Missouri-Pacific Train Depot</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Ouachita_County_Courthouse" title="Ouachita County Courthouse">Ouachita County Courthouse</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As lieutenant governor, Wilson served as President of the <a href="/wiki/Arkansas_Senate" title="Arkansas Senate">Arkansas Senate</a> during the contentious <a href="/wiki/48th_Arkansas_General_Assembly" title="48th Arkansas General Assembly">48th Arkansas General Assembly</a>. Though all 35 members were Democrats, the party had split into two factions, requiring Wilson to use his vote as a tiebreaker on several occasions.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Immediately after opening the session, Wilson was sued for recognizing R.E. Spence as senator from the First District. He was a gubernatorial appointment after his father, W. E. Spence, had resigned.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The matter was decided by the <a href="/wiki/Arkansas_Supreme_Court" title="Arkansas Supreme Court">Arkansas Supreme Court</a> in favor of Wilson and R.E. Spence.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A rash of over 100 bankruptcies and financial institution collapses in 1930 was the first matter of business in the 48th General Assembly.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wilson appointed four senate members to an eight-member committee established to probe the cause of the failures. </p><p>On June 1, 1931, with Governor Parnell out of the state at <a href="/wiki/French_Lick,_Indiana" title="French Lick, Indiana">French Lick, Indiana</a> for a governor's conference, Lawrence Wilson used his position as Acting Governor to pardon his brother Fred Wilson from four counts of <a href="/wiki/Grand_larceny" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand larceny">grand larceny</a> in <a href="/wiki/Union_County,_Arkansas" title="Union County, Arkansas">Union County</a>. When interviewed, the Acting Governor said he "had no apologies to offer" saying he issued the pardon "on account of his grief stricken mother".<sup id="cite_ref-pardon_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pardon-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This followed a similar use of furlough by Wilson in April freeing William R. Atkins, a bank robber from <a href="/wiki/Hempstead_County,_Arkansas" title="Hempstead County, Arkansas">Hempstead County</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reelection">Reelection</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lawrence_Elery_Wilson&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Reelection"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Running for reelection in 1932, Wilson appealed to voters for a second term, with one campaign ad claiming Wilson was "entitled to a second term under the Democratic custom of two terms to an official who has been faithful to the trust imposed in him". <sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Instead, he faced a field of six challengers in the Democratic primary, including previous lieutenant governor Lee Cazort, who he lost to. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lawrence_Elery_Wilson&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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Fayetteville: Democrat Publishing Company. p. 1. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/18126013">18126013</a> – via NewspaperARCHIVE.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Fayetteville+Daily+Democrat&rft.atitle=Senate+Passes+Millage+Bills+Out+of+Order&rft.volume=37&rft.issue=83&rft.pages=1&rft.date=1931-02-27&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F18126013&rft.au=Staff+of+the+Associated+Press&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnewspaperarchive.com%2Ffayetteville-daily-democrat-feb-27-1931-p-1%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALawrence+Elery+Wilson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStaff_of_the_Associated_Press1931" class="citation news cs1">Staff of the Associated Press (March 3, 1931). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://newspaperarchive.com/fayetteville-daily-democrat-mar-03-1931-p-1/">"Income Tax Increase is Beaten Today"</a>. <i>Fayetteville Daily Democrat</i>. Vol. 37, no. 86. Fayetteville: Democrat Publishing Company. p. 1. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/18126013">18126013</a> – via NewspaperARCHIVE.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Fayetteville+Daily+Democrat&rft.atitle=Income+Tax+Increase+is+Beaten+Today&rft.volume=37&rft.issue=86&rft.pages=1&rft.date=1931-03-03&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F18126013&rft.au=Staff+of+the+Associated+Press&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnewspaperarchive.com%2Ffayetteville-daily-democrat-mar-03-1931-p-1%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALawrence+Elery+Wilson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStaff_of_the_Fayetteville_Daily_Democrat1931" class="citation news cs1">Staff of the Fayetteville Daily Democrat (January 26, 1931). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://newspaperarchive.com/fayetteville-daily-democrat-jan-26-1931-p-6/">"Spence Naming Suit Appealed"</a>. <i>Fayetteville Daily Democrat</i>. Vol. 37, no. 55. Fayetteville: Democrat Publishing Company. p. 6. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/18126013">18126013</a> – via NewspaperARCHIVE.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Fayetteville+Daily+Democrat&rft.atitle=Spence+Naming+Suit+Appealed&rft.volume=37&rft.issue=55&rft.pages=6&rft.date=1931-01-26&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F18126013&rft.au=Staff+of+the+Fayetteville+Daily+Democrat&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnewspaperarchive.com%2Ffayetteville-daily-democrat-jan-26-1931-p-6%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALawrence+Elery+Wilson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite><i>Davis v. Wilson</i></cite>, 35 S.W.2d 1020, 183 (Ark. 1931).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDorris1931" class="citation news cs1">Dorris, Henry N. (January 17, 1931). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://newspaperarchive.com/hope-star-jan-17-1931-p-1/">"Legislative Sidelights"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Hope_Star" title="Hope Star">Hope Star</a></i>. Vol. 32, no. 78. Hope: Star Publishing Company. p. 1. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/1001983706">1001983706</a> – via NewspaperARCHIVE.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Hope+Star&rft.atitle=Legislative+Sidelights&rft.volume=32&rft.issue=78&rft.pages=1&rft.date=1931-01-17&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F1001983706&rft.aulast=Dorris&rft.aufirst=Henry+N.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnewspaperarchive.com%2Fhope-star-jan-17-1931-p-1%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALawrence+Elery+Wilson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-pardon-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-pardon_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStaff_of_The_Camden_News1931" class="citation news cs1">Staff of The Camden News (June 1, 1931). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://newspaperarchive.com/camden-news-jun-01-1931-p-1/">"Wilson Pardons Brother Today"</a>. <i>The Camden News</i>. Vol. 28. Camden: The Camden News Publishing Company. p. 1. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/16997701">16997701</a> – via NewspaperARCHIVE.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Camden+News&rft.atitle=Wilson+Pardons+Brother+Today&rft.volume=28&rft.pages=1&rft.date=1931-06-01&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F16997701&rft.au=Staff+of+The+Camden+News&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnewspaperarchive.com%2Fcamden-news-jun-01-1931-p-1%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALawrence+Elery+Wilson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEditorial_Stadd_of_the_Hope_Star1931" class="citation news cs1">Editorial Stadd of the <i>Hope Star</i> (April 21, 1931). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://newspaperarchive.com/hope-star-apr-21-1931-p-1/">"Revoke the Furlough!"</a>. <i>Hope Star</i>. 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Hope: Star Publishing Company. p. 1. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/1001983706">1001983706</a> – via NewspaperARCHIVE.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Hope+Star&rft.atitle=Revoke+the+Furlough%21&rft.volume=32&rft.issue=168&rft.pages=1&rft.date=1931-04-21&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F1001983706&rft.au=Editorial+Stadd+of+the+%27%27Hope+Star%27%27&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnewspaperarchive.com%2Fhope-star-apr-21-1931-p-1%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALawrence+Elery+Wilson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWilson1932" class="citation news cs1">Wilson, Lawrence E. (August 4, 1932). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://newspaperarchive.com/camden-news-nov-4-1932-p-2/">"Lawrence E. Wilson Candidate for Lieutenant Governor"</a>. <i>The Camden News</i>. No. 88. Camden: The Camden News Publishing Company. p. 2. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/16997701">16997701</a> – via NewspaperARCHIVE.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Camden+News&rft.atitle=Lawrence+E.+Wilson+Candidate+for+Lieutenant+Governor&rft.issue=88&rft.pages=2&rft.date=1932-08-04&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F16997701&rft.aulast=Wilson&rft.aufirst=Lawrence+E.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnewspaperarchive.com%2Fcamden-news-nov-4-1932-p-2%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALawrence+Elery+Wilson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREF"SOS"1998" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Sharon_Priest" title="Sharon Priest">Priest, Sharon</a> (1998). Runnells, Jonathan (ed.). <i>Historical Report of the Arkansas Secretary of State</i>. Office of the <a href="/wiki/Arkansas_Secretary_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Arkansas Secretary of State">Arkansas Secretary of State</a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/40157815">40157815</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Historical+Report+of+the+Arkansas+Secretary+of+State&rft.pub=Office+of+the+Arkansas+Secretary+of+State&rft.date=1998&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F40157815&rft.aulast=Priest&rft.aufirst=Sharon&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALawrence+Elery+Wilson" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/William_Lee_Cazort" class="mw-redirect" title="William Lee Cazort">Lee Cazort</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Lieutenant_Governors_of_Arkansas" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Lieutenant Governors of Arkansas">Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas</a> </b><br />January 12, 1931 – January 9, 1933 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/William_Lee_Cazort" class="mw-redirect" title="William Lee Cazort">Lee Cazort</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Henry Hollensworth</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives" title="Arkansas House of Representatives">Arkansas House of Representatives</a><br />Ouachita County District </b><br />January 10, 1927 – January 12, 1931 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold">R. 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