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![Lyon, Mary E.](https://cdn1.historyit.com/iiif/2/5edfd98ccc4f69.54593064/65428dc980c977.99155819.png/full/360,/0/default.jpg?no_errors=1)
Mary E. Lyon, a Democrat, was elected County Superintendent of Schools in Otero County, Colorado in 1901. She served for one term. Lyon died in September of 1904 from breast cancer.
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