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- ↑ Arthur Mann, La Guardia Comes to Power: 1933 (J.B. Lippincott Company. 1965).
- ↑ Brand, Carl Fremont (March 1922). "The History of the Know Nothing Party In Indiana" (Article). Indiana Magazine of History: 47–81. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
In Indiana as elsewhere there was a movement for a Fusion or People's party. The Know Nothings, perhaps the strongest of all the elements of the opposition but not strong enough to run a ticket of their own, determined to act with the Fusionists, to control the whole movement and to direct it in their own interests
- ↑ https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/imh/article/view/6056/5832 The Origin and Rise of the Republican Party in Indiana from 1854 to 1860 Title: The Origin and Rise of the Republican Party in Indiana from 1854 to 1860 Author: Charles Zimmerman Date: 1917 Source: Indiana Magazine of History, Volume 13, Issue 3, pp 211-269 Article Type: Article
- ↑ Goodspeed, Arthur (1904). The Province and the States, Vol. VI. pp. 331–358.
- ↑ South Dakota Legislature: Legislator Historical Listing Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine .
- ↑ Kingsbury, George W. (1915). History of Dakota Territory. pp. 34–39.
- ↑ Biography of Andrew E. Lee Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine National Governors Association.
- ↑ “Politics of the Progressive Era.” History of Nevada, by Russell R. Elliott et al., University of Nebraska Press, 1987, pp. 241–243.
- ↑ "Fusion: Science - Pirate - Secular - Climate Emergency". fusionparty.org.au. Retrieved 2022-02-05.
- ↑ corporateName=Australian Electoral Commission; address=10 Mort Street, Canberra ACT 2600; contact=13 23 26. "FAQs: Party Registration – recent changes to the Electoral Act". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2022-02-05.
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