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- ↑ "Members of the Wisconsin Legislature 1848 – 1999" (PDF). State of Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 4, 2015. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
- ↑ Barish, Lawrence S., ed. (2005). "Statistics". State of Wisconsin 2005-2006 Blue Book (Report). State of Wisconsin. p. 730.
- ↑ "Appointments", The Wisconsin State Register (February 26, 1870), p. 2.
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