[2][5] In October 1929, State Senator John R. Lyons became ill and died while in office.

[7] He and Al Kinney defeated Howard Sprouse and Charles Carnell in the Democrat primary, and were unopposed in the general election in November.

[2] He attempted to run for a fifth consecutive term in 1938, but lost to A. R. Edwards in the Democrat primary.

[10] In 1940, Governor Robert Jones appointed McEachren to the Arizona Highway Commission.

[11] McEachren died on March 3, 1945, after a two-month illness, most of which was spent in the Miami-Inspiration Hospital in Globe.