Hank Lyon

Who is Hank Lyon?

Hank Lyon is an American Republican Party politician. Lyon joined the Morris County, New Jersey Board of Chosen Freeholders on March 9, 2012, and is serving a special one year term on the board. At 24, he is the youngest freeholder in the state.

A resident of the Towaco section of Montville, Lyon majored in economics and physics at the College of the Holy Cross.

Lyon was appointed to the seat that had been held by Margaret Nordstrom, after a court battle in which Nordstron sought to overturn Lyon's victory in the Republican Party primary claiming that he had violated campaign funding laws. Lyon is freeholder liaison to the Department of Information Services, the Airport and Railroad Advisory Committees and the Heritage Commission. He is also a member of the Board of School Estimate for the County College of Morris and the Morris County School of Technology.