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- ↑ Robert Clymer Hendrickson biography, United States Congress. Accessed August 11, 2007.
- ↑ Henry Clay Loudenslager biography, United States Congress. Accessed August 11, 2007.
- ↑ James Matlack biography, United States Congress. Accessed August 11, 2007.