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|term_end=1971​

|term_end=1971​

|preceded=Clint C. Small​

|preceded=Clint C. Small​

|succeeded=Max Sherman​

|succeeded=[[Max R. Sherman​]]

|office2=Texas State Senate<br> President Pro Tempore​

|office2=Texas State Senate<br> President Pro Tempore​

|term_start2=1949​

|term_start2=1949​

Hazlewood was born at Old Fort Chadbourne (established 1852) near Bronte in Coke County, [[Texas]], located northeast of [[San Angelo, Texas|San Angelo]]. Chadbourne is now a [[ghost town]] accessible to the south of Sweetwater in Nolan County. As a boy, Hazlewood relocated with his parents and four brothers to a farm near Canyon in Randall County, south of Amarillo. He graduated from West Texas A&M University (then West Texas State Teachers College) in Canyon. In 1926, he procured his legal degree through the [[University of Texas]] Law School in [[Austin]]. In 1927, he married the former Audrine Smith (1902-1991). He returned to Amarillo to practice law and was elected [[district attorney]] during the 1930s.<ref name=agn/>​

Hazlewood was born at Old Fort Chadbourne (established 1852) near Bronte in Coke County, [[Texas]], located northeast of [[San Angelo, Texas|San Angelo]]. Chadbourne is now a [[ghost town]] accessible to the south of Sweetwater in Nolan County. As a boy, Hazlewood relocated with his parents and four brothers to a farm near Canyon in Randall County, south of Amarillo. He graduated from West Texas A&M University (then West Texas State Teachers College) in Canyon. In 1926, he procured his legal degree through the [[University of Texas]] Law School in [[Austin]]. In 1927, he married the former Audrine Smith (1902-1991). He returned to Amarillo to practice law and was elected [[district attorney]] during the 1930s.<ref name=agn/>​

Having first been elected to the state Senate in 1940, he was undefeated and mostly unopposed until his retirement in 1971. He was succeeded by his fellow Democrat Max Sherman, also an Amarillo lawyer. In the 1970 [[general election]], Sherman defeated the [[Republican Party|Republican]] nominee [[Malouf Abraham, Sr.]], an oilman and two-term state representative from Canadian in Hemphill County, also in the Panhandle. In addition to his legal duties, Hazlewood operated a dairy [[farm]] and maintained [[real estate]] interests in Austin. He was a breeder and trainer of Tennessee walking horses.<ref name=agn/>

Having first been elected to the state Senate in 1940, he was undefeated and mostly unopposed until his retirement in 1971. He was succeeded by his fellow Democrat [[Max R. Sherman]], then an Amarillo lawyer. In the 1970 [[general election]], Sherman defeated the [[Republican Party|Republican]] nominee [[Malouf Abraham, Sr.]], an oilman and two-term state representative from Canadian in Hemphill County, also in the Panhandle. In addition to his legal duties, Hazlewood operated a dairy [[farm]] and maintained [[real estate]] interests in Austin. He was a breeder and trainer of Tennessee walking horses.<ref name=agn/>

Senator Hazlewood worked for passage of legislation establishing the first loan program in any state that permitted tuition-free education at Texas colleges and universities for returning veterans of [[World War II]]. Later, he co-sponsored the Hinson-Hazlewood program, the first plan in any state to offer low-interest state loans to Texas college students. He authored the legislation that elevated his ''alma mater'' to the full-fledged WTAMU. He was subsequently appointed by Democratic [[Governor]] [[Preston  Smith]] to the WTAMU board of regents.<ref name=agn/>​

Senator Hazlewood worked for passage of legislation establishing the first loan program in any state that permitted tuition-free education at Texas colleges and universities for returning veterans of [[World War II]]. Later, he co-sponsored the Hinson-Hazlewood program, the first plan in any state to offer low-interest state loans to Texas college students. He authored the legislation that elevated his ''alma mater'' to the full-fledged WTAMU. He was subsequently appointed by Democratic [[Governor]] [[Preston  Smith]] to the WTAMU board of regents.<ref name=agn/>​