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In May 1946, Cawthorn was convicted in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana for his role as the attorney in an [[income tax]] evasion and jury tampering case against businessman William T. Burton, former Governor Noe, and Marcel F. La Branche, a juror. Cawthorn, Burton, and La Branche were found guilty and each sentenced to two years in prison and fined $10,000, but Noe was acquitted. The three lost their appeals before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in [[New Orleans]]. As a result of his conviction, Cawthorn was disbarred.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://leagle.com/decision/195323267So2d165_1215.xml/LOUISIANA%20STATE%20BAR%20ASS'N%20v.%20CAWTHORN|title=Louisiana State Bar Association v. Cawthorn|publisher=leagle.com|date=July 3, 1953|accessdate=June 16, 2020}}</ref>  

In May 1946, Cawthorn was convicted in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana for his role as the attorney in an [[income tax]] evasion and jury tampering case against businessman William T. Burton, former Governor Noe, and Marcel F. La Branche, a juror. Cawthorn, Burton, and La Branche were found guilty and each sentenced to two years in prison and fined $10,000, but Noe was acquitted. The three lost their appeals before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in [[New Orleans]]. As a result of his conviction, Cawthorn was disbarred.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://leagle.com/decision/195323267So2d165_1215.xml/LOUISIANA%20STATE%20BAR%20ASS'N%20v.%20CAWTHORN|title=Louisiana State Bar Association v. Cawthorn|publisher=leagle.com|date=July 3, 1953|accessdate=June 16, 2020}}</ref>  

In October 1964, Cawthorn was appointed to head the [[Lyndon Johnson|Johnson]]-[[Hubert Humphrey|Humphrey]] campaign for DeSoto Parish.<ref name=obit/> However, the parish voted 75.9 percent for the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Barry Goldwater|Goldwater]]-[[William E. Miller|Miller]] slate. Goldwater was only the second Republican since 1876 to carry the Louisiana [[electoral vote]].<ref>''[[Shreveport Journal]],'' November 4, 1964, p. 1.</ref> Cawthorn also sat on the steering committee of the Johnson campaign for Louisiana's 4th congressional district,<ref name=obit/> in which [[U.S. Representative]] [[Joe Waggonner]], a Democrat from Bossier Parish, was unopposed for his second full term in office.​

In October 1964, Cawthorn was appointed to head the [[Lyndon Johnson|Johnson]]-[[Hubert Humphrey|Humphrey]] campaign for DeSoto Parish.<ref name=obit/> However, the parish voted 75.9 percent for the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Barry Goldwater|Goldwater]]-Miller slate. Goldwater was only the second Republican since 1876 to carry the Louisiana [[electoral vote]].<ref>''[[Shreveport Journal]],'' November 4, 1964, p. 1.</ref> Cawthorn also sat on the steering committee of the Johnson campaign for Louisiana's 4th congressional district,<ref name=obit/> in which [[U.S. Representative]] [[Joe Waggonner]], a Democrat from Bossier Parish, was unopposed for his second full term in office.​

In a suit heard in 1966 seeking to reclaim $160,000 to the estate of her late husband, [[Blanche Long]], the widow of former Governor Earl Long, indicated that on or about August 20, 1960, Cawthorn delivered $6,000 in cash in Marksville in Avoyelles Parish to Long. Some two weeks later, Long died after victory in a campaign against fellow Democrat Harold B. McSween for Louisiana's since disbanded 8th congressional district.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://leagle.com/decision/19661054186So2d868_1926.xml/LONG%20v.%20MATTHEWS|title=Long v. Matthews|date=1966|publisher=leagle.com|accessdate=June 16, 2020}}</ref>​

In a suit heard in 1966 seeking to reclaim $160,000 to the estate of her late husband, [[Blanche Long]], the widow of former Governor Earl Long, indicated that on or about August 20, 1960, Cawthorn delivered $6,000 in cash in Marksville in Avoyelles Parish to Long. Some two weeks later, Long died after victory in a campaign against fellow Democrat Harold B. McSween for Louisiana's since disbanded 8th congressional district.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://leagle.com/decision/19661054186So2d868_1926.xml/LONG%20v.%20MATTHEWS|title=Long v. Matthews|date=1966|publisher=leagle.com|accessdate=June 16, 2020}}</ref>​