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- ↑ "Kansas Merchants in the State Legislature". The Merchants Journal. 1903-03-14. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-09-01.
- ↑ "Kansas Legislators: Past and Present • State Library of Kansas • CivicEngage". kslib.info.
- ↑ "Throwback Thursday: Kansas senator Ebenezer Porter and Holt". May 11, 2017.
- ↑ ""1927: Porter Hall" by Unknown". 110th Anniversary Historical Photographs. 14 May 2014.
- ↑ "Senator Porter Dead". The Girard Press. November 27, 1919. p. 1.