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- ↑ "Session laws, State of Arizona, 1925, Seventh Legislature, Regular Session". State of Arizona. p. ix. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
- ↑ "Senator J. R. Lyons Is Seriously Ill". The Arizona Republican . September 24, 1929. p. 4. Retrieved September 14, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "State Senator Lyons of Gila County Dies After Short Illness". The Arizona Republican . September 28, 1929. p. 8. Retrieved September 14, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "M'Eachern Named Senator From Gila". Arizona Daily Star . November 6, 1929. p. 10. Retrieved September 14, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
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