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- ↑ "Membership in the Louisiana Senate" (PDF). Retrieved 2024-12-08.
- ↑ "Joe LeSage, lawyer and politician, died at 86 | History's Greatest". September 27, 2015.
- ↑ "Louisiana SCR45 2016 Regular Session". LegiScan. Retrieved 2024-12-08.