Emon Armstrong Mahony Jr. was born in El Dorado, Union County, Arkansas, on May 5, 1941.
Mahony received a B.A. in English and a J.D. from Tulane University and earned a Master of Laws at Stanford University.
Mahony returned to Arkansas to practice law before going to Washington, DC, as senior aide for Senator John McClellan in 1968. Mahony then became chairman of Arkansas Oklahoma Gas Corporation from 1977 to 1996. In 1978 Governor David Pryor appointed Mahony to the Arkansas Soil and Water Conservation Commission, where he served for seven years. In 2007 he was named trustee of the Arkansas Nature Conservancy. In 2009 Governor Mike Beebe appointed Mahony to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, where he served until 2016. He has served as president of Mahony Corporation since 1996.
#1: Composite image of early photo of Emon A. Mahony Jr. and still frame from Pryor Center video interview
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#2: Emon A. Mahony Jr.'s great-uncle, Emon Mahony, with his wife, Pattie Wright Mahony; married January 27, 1898; Emon Mahony was the first attorney in the family
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#3: Letter from E. O. Mahony regarding his candidacy for reelection to the office of county and probate judge of Union County; Mahony & Chew Lawyers letterhead, March 8, 1902
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#4: Joseph Kirby Mahony, grandfather of Emon A. Mahony Jr.
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#5: Portrait of Roberta Armstrong Mahony (1885-1937), wife of Joseph Kirby Mahony (1884-1967) and grandmother of Emon Armstrong Mahony Jr.
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#6: Family record for Abraham Kendrick, paternal great-great-grandfather of Emon A. Mahony Jr.
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#7: Document pertaining to Armstrong-Davis family records, the family of Emon A. Mahony Jr.'s paternal grandmother, Roberta Armstrong Mahony
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#8: Resolution adopted at a meeting of the Union County Bar Association in memory of Judge Emon O. Mahony (1874-1920), paternal granduncle of Emon A. Mahony Jr.; September 6, 1920
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#9: Exterior of Emon A. Mahoney Sr.'s second-grade report card from El Dorado City School; signed by his mother, Mrs. J. K. Mahony, 1920-1921
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#10: Interior of Emon A. Mahoney Sr.'s second-grade report card from El Dorado City School, 1920-1921
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#11: Invitation to the President's Day Celebration at Roosevelt Stadium in Fair Park, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1936
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#12: An invitation to dinner with President Franklin D. Roosevelt and first lady Eleanor Roosevelt at Couchwood, the Hot Springs home of Harvey C. Couch, chairman of the Arkansas Centennial Celebration; June 10, 1936
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#13: Portrait of brothers, Joseph "Jodie" and Emon A. Mahony Jr., ca. 1942
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#14: Mike, Jodie, and Emon A. Mahony Jr., on the beach, ca. 1949
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#15: Emon A. Mahony Jr.'s brother, Mike Mahony
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#16: Portrait of Emon A. Mahony Jr.'s wife, Kay Jobe Mahony, ca. 1956
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#17: Emon A. Mahony Jr. (center) with (from left) George Lawrence, Mark Conway, Ben Gracy, and Mike Alexander; freshman year at Georgetown University
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#18: Four generations: (from left) Emon A. Mahony Jr.; grandfather, Joseph Kirby Mahony; nephew, Joseph K. Mahony III; father, Emon A. Mahony Sr.; June 1965
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#19: Emon A. Mahony Jr.'s grandfather, Joseph Kirby Mahony, in his office
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#20: Emon A. Mahony Jr.'s grandfather, Joseph Kirby Mahony, at the family farm near El Dorado, Arkansas, ca. 1966
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#21: Western Union telegram from US Senator John L. McClellan to Emon A. Mahony Jr. congratulating his family on their 76th year of continuous law practice, March 17, 1971
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#22: Plaque commemorating Mahony and Yocum for 100 years of excellence in the practice of law with a biography of Judge Emon Ossian Mahony
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#23: Plaque commemorating Mahony and Yocum for 100 years of excellence in the practice of law with a with biography of Joseph Kirby Mahony
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#24: Portrait of Emon A. Mahony Jr.
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#25: Back row: Richard Griffin, Bill Dooly; front row: Emon A. Mahony Jr., Rodney Slater, Tim Hutchinson, John Womack, Strib Boynton
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#26: From left: brothers, Mike Mahony, Emon A. Mahony Jr., and Jodie Mahony, with their father, Emon A. Mahony Sr., and Jodie's son, Michael Emon Mahony
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#27: Emon A. Mahony Jr. speaking at a gas conference in Oklahoma City, 1993
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#28: From left: Emon A. Mahony Jr., Hillary Clinton, President Bill Clinton, and Kay Mahony at the White House
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#29: Emon A. Mahony Jr. (center) and wife, Kay, with Dale Bumpers
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#30: Jim Kelly, Mike Mahony (in green shirt), Warren Simpson, Emon A. Mahony Jr. (center), Madison Murphy, Witt Stephens, and Bobby Raney; near Stuttgart, Arkansas, duck season 1996-97
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#31: From left: Fred Brown, Mrs. Harriman, RIck Watkins, Emon and Kay Mahony, and Morril Harriman on a hunting trip
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#32: Emon A. Mahony Jr. with his granddaughter, Chelsea Clay, on her first deer hunt
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#33: Transition team of Governor Mike Beebe: (from left) Morril Harriman, Don Nelms, Senator Joyce Elliot, Governor Mike Beebe, Ark Monroe, Emon A. Mahony Jr.; November 2006
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#34: Emon A. Mahony Jr. (3rd from left) with members of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, 2010
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#35: Emon A. Mahony, Jr. Arkansas Game and Fish Commissioner, 2010
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#36: Emon A. Mahony Jr. with Governor Mike Beebe
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#37: Emon A. Mahony Jr. dedicates the Lake Fort Smith Water Supply
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#38: Emon A. Mahony Jr. and his wife, Kay, after a turkey hunt; April 3, 2011
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#39: Behind-the-scenes photo from Pryor Center interview with Emon A. Mahony Jr.; El Dorado, Arkansas, 2011
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#40: Behind-the-scenes photo from Pryor Center interview with Emon A. Mahony Jr.; El Dorado, Arkansas, 2011
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#41: Behind-the-scenes photo from Pryor Center interview with Emon A. Mahony Jr.; El Dorado, Arkansas, 2011
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#42: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Emon A. Mahony Jr.; El Dorado, Arkansas, 2011
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#43: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Emon A. Mahony Jr.; El Dorado, Arkansas, 2011
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#44: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Emon A. Mahony Jr.; El Dorado, Arkansas, 2011
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