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- ↑ Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania. Dept. of Property and Supplies; Pennsylvania. Bureau of Publications (1969). The Pennsylvania Manual. 99. Department of Property and Supplies for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 2014-11-17.
- ↑ Cox, Harold. "Senate Members "B"". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project . Wilkes University.
- ↑ "Pennsylvania State Senate - John F Byrne, Jr". www.legis.state.pa.us. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
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