Joseph H. Lines

Joseph H. Lines was an American politician from Arizona. He served a single term in the

Lines was born in Goshen, Utah on October 24, 1870, to parents who had immigrated from England.^[2][3] Lines moved to Pima, Arizona in 1881 with his family.^[4] He married Sarah Ferrin on October 6, 1891, in Thatcher, Arizona. They had 13 children, 10 of whom lived to adulthood: Freda Elizabeth, Charles Henry, Rowena, Laverna, Lavona, Walter, Milo, Alice, Claud, and Della.^[2][5] By 1901 Lines was living on his ranch south of Pima, where he served as justice of the peace from 1895 through 1904.^[6][7][8] He and his brothers operated a mercantile business called Lines Bros., of which Lines was the manager.^[4]

In June 1914, Lines announced his intention to run in the Democrat's primary for one of the two seats from Graham County to the Arizona House of Representatives.^[4] He and his running mate, J. D. Lee ran unopposed in the primary, and both won in the general election in November.^[9][10] In 1916 he ran for re-election to the House, this time with A. C. Peterson as his running mate.^[11] The two ran unopposed in the primary, and easily defeated their Republican opponents in November's general election.^[12][13] In 1918 both Lines and Peterson ran for re-election, and were unopposed in both the primary and the general election.^[14][15][16] When the 4th Arizona State Legislature was organized in January 1919, both Lines and Peterson were competing for the Speakership of the House.^[17] Lines took his name out of contention, and Peterson was named Speaker.^[18]

In July 1920 Lines decided not to run for re-election, instead choosing to run for the sole seat from Graham County in the

Lines died on September 21, 1961, in Mesa.^[32]

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