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References
- ↑ "Florida Memory • Members of the Florida Senate gathered on the capitol steps for a group portrait - Tallahassee, Florida".
- ↑ Munroe, C. K. (November 29, 1886). "The Florida Annual, Impartial and Unsectional, 1886" – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Florida Memory • Portraits of members of the Florida Legislature who opposed the reelection of U.S. Senator Wilkinson Call".
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