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- ↑ Sharp, James Roger; Sharp, Nancy Weatherly (1999). American Legislative Leaders in the South, 1911-1994. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9780313302138 . Retrieved December 16, 2023.
- ↑ "Who's who in the South and Southwest". 1991.
- ↑ 33 F.3d 685: United States of America, Plaintiff-appellee, v. Donald J. Blandford, Defendant-appellant
- ↑ Don Blandford Resigns House Seat; (Middlesboro) Daily News; May 4, 1993