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- ↑ "James H. Haygood". ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
- ↑ "Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1967 (Chapter 4, Pg. 42)". digital.archives.alabama.gov. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
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