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- ↑ "Oregon State Archives: Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide: State Government Legislators and Staff - 1925 Regular Session". state.or.us. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
- ↑ "Oregon State Archives: Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide: State Government Legislators and Staff - 1919 Regular Session". state.or.us. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
- ↑ "Oregon State Archives: Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide: State Government Legislators and Staff - 1921 Regular Session". state.or.us. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
- ↑ "Oregon State Archives: Oregon Legislators and Staff Guide: State Government Legislators and Staff - 1921 Special Session". state.or.us. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
- ↑ August 28, 1925 Medford Mail Tribune pp.9
- ↑ "Alex M. LaFollette Said Dying at Home Today", Corvallis Gazette-Times (July 25, 1927), p. 1.
- ↑ "Vet Politician Dies". The San Francisco Examiner . July 26, 1927. p. 3.
- ↑ "Family Poisoned at Sunday Dinner". The Tacoma Daily Ledger. March 25, 1919. p. 3.
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