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- ↑ Minnesota Legislators: Past & Present-Clifford C. Sommer
- ↑ 'Former bank president, state senator Clifford Sommer dies,' Minneapolis Star Tribune (Minnesota), December 14, 1993
- ↑ Minnesota Historical Society-Oral history with Clifford C. Sommer-Biographical Information
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