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'''Hall McCord Lyons''' (December 22, 1923—July 22, 1998) was a [[Shreveport]] and, later, Lafayette oilman who for a short time was a pioneer in the establishment of a competitive [[Republican Party]] in [[Louisiana]]. He was the son of the party's 1964 gubernatorial nominee, [[Charlton Lyons]]. However, in 1972, despite his father's wishes, Hall Lyons left the GOP to run as the American Independent Party—the former [[George Wallace]] organization—nominee for the [[United States Senate]].
{{Infobox person
|name=Hall McCord Lyons
|birth_date=December 22, 1923
|birth_place=[[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]]
|death_date=July 22, 1998
|death_place=Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
|spouse=(1) Betty Sue Buffington McKeever (divorced)<br>
(2) Ann B. Barras (divorced)<br>
(3) Rosamond Rosholt Lyons (married 1975-1998, his death)
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]-turned-American Independent Party
|religion=[[Episcopalian]]-turned-[[Mormon]]}}
'''Hall McCord Lyons''' (December 22, 1923 – July 22, 1998) was a [[Shreveport]] and, later, Lafayette oilman who for a short time was a pioneer in the establishment of a competitive [[Republican Party]] in [[Louisiana]]. He was the son of the party's 1964 gubernatorial nominee, [[Charlton Lyons]]. However, in 1972, despite his father's wishes, Hall Lyons left the GOP to run as the American Independent Party—the former [[George Wallace]] organization—nominee for the [[United States Senate]].
==References==
==References==
Billy Hathorn, "The Republican Party in Louisiana, 1920-1980", Master's thesis at Northwestern State University at Natchitoches, 1980
Billy Hathorn, "The Republican Party in Louisiana, 1920-1980", Master's thesis at Northwestern State University at Natchitoches, 1980
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