They had 13 children, 10 of whom lived to adulthood: Freda Elizabeth, Charles Henry, Rowena, Laverna, Lavona, Walter, Milo, Alice, Claud, and Della.
[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.
[11] The two ran unopposed in the primary, and easily defeated their Republican opponents in November's 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.