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- 1 2 "Judge & Attorney Biographies". Connecticut State Library.
- ↑ https://electionhistory.ct.gov/eng/candidates/view/Howard-Wells-Alcorn Howard Wells Alcorn election results on Connecticut Secretary of State website
- ↑ CT State Library
- ↑ Bertha Alcorn obituary, Hartford Courant, September 2, 2004, p. B8