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Much of the original content for this article was based on the brief biographies of St. Louis Mayors found at the St. Louis Public Library's website,https://web.archive.org/web/20041013215847/http://exhibits.slpl.lib.mo.us/mayors/mayors4.asp
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- "Election Set". Jefferson City Post-Tribune. April 20, 1977. p. 2.
- "New Mayor in St. Louis". Burlington Hawk-Eye. April 22, 1981. p. 2.
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