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- 1 2 "Haffen Compels Murray's Selection — Scores a Big Point in Fight to Retain His Grip on Bronx Politics — May Mean Renomination — Aldermen Vote Unanimously for Haffen's Public Works Commissioner to Succeed His Chief". New York Times. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
- 1 2 "UNLIKELY TO NAME HAFFEN'S SUCCESSOR; Bronx Aldermen Expected to Put Off Action Until After the Regular Election. JOHN F. MURRAY IN HIS PLACE Commissioner of Public Works Becomes Acting President of the Bronx -- Haffen's Order of Removal Filed". The New York Times. 1 September 1909. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
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- ↑ "Gaynor Wins; Tammany Loses All The Rest — A Clean Sweep by Fusion of All Offices Outside of the Mayoralty — Gaynor's Plurality 72,500 — But Fusion Has Carried the Board of Estimate and with It City Control — Whitman District Attorney — Beats George Gordon Battle for the Office by About 22,000 Votes — All Patronage to Fusion — Controllership, Aldermanic Presidency, County Offices, and Supreme Court — All Gone — Borough Presidents, Too — McAneny Wins in Manhattan, Gresser Carries Queens, Miller the Bronx — And Roesch Is Beaten". New York Times. November 3, 1909. p. 1. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
- ↑ "J.F. MURRAY DEAD; EX-BRONX PRESIDENT; Supervisor of Metropolitan Life Company Succumbs of Mount McGregor. BODY IS BROUGHT BY PLANE Began Life on a Farm and Became Head of Insurance Force of 7,000 Employes". The New York Times. 1 January 1929. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
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