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- ↑ "Members of the Wisconsin Legislature 1848 – 1999" (PDF). State of Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. pp. 14, 92. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-04. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
- ↑ "Peloquin, Bruce S. 1936". Wisconsin Historical Society . Retrieved October 13, 2023.
- ↑ "Wisconsin Blue Book 1970". 1970. Retrieved 2013-10-26.