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- ↑ Hull, Augustus Longstreet (1894). A Historical Sketch of the University of Georgia. Atlanta, GA: Foote & Davies Co. p. 169.
- ↑ United States Senate (1887). Journal of the Senate of the United States, Volume 21, Issue 1. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 568.
- ↑ Meade, Robert Douthat; Davis, William C. (2001). Judah P. Benjamin: Confederate Statesman. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-8071-2744-5.
- ↑ McMillion, Barry J.; Rutkus, Denis Steven (July 6, 2018). "Supreme Court Nominations, 1789 to 2017: Actions by the Senate, the Judiciary Committee, and the President" (PDF). Washington, D.C.: Congressional Research Service. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
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- ↑ Warren, Charles (1922). The Supreme Court in United States History: 1856-1918. Vol. 3. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company. p. 481.
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