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- ↑ "BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES". Wisconsin Blue Book 1919. 1919. p. 505. Retrieved 2015-06-23.
- ↑ "ASSEMBLY DIRECTORY". The Assembly Manual of the Wisconsin Legislature: Annotated 1919. 1919. p. 6. Retrieved 2015-06-23.
- ↑ "Members of the Wisconsin Legislature 1848 – 1999" (PDF). State of Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. p. 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 4, 2015. Retrieved 2015-06-23.