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- ↑ Vandewater, Bob (August 26, 1985). "Commission's Actions Ever a Factor at Polls". The Oklahoman . Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- ↑ "Anthony celebrates 10 years at Corporation Commission". The Journal Record . 11 January 1999. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- ↑ "running for Commissioner of Labor, socialist". Muskogee Times-Democrat. 1 September 1926. p. 14. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- ↑ Darcy, R. (Spring 2015). "Did Oklahoma African Americans Vote Between 1910 and 1943?" (PDF). The Chronicle of Oklahoma. 93 (1): 72–98. Retrieved 19 May 2024.