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- ↑ "Alderman Wehman Elected Mayor by Vote of 16 to 7 on City Council's 1st Ballot". News & Courier. Charleston, South Carolina. June 14, 1944. p. 1. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
- ↑ "Ernest Edward Wehman, Jr (1891-1964)". Find a Grave. Retrieved January 19, 2014.