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- ↑ "Members of the Wisconsin Legislature 1848–1999" (PDF). State of Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-05-28. Retrieved 2015-06-10.
- ↑ "Biographical Sketches". Wisconsin Blue Book 1913. 1913. Retrieved 2015-06-10.
- ↑ "Joseph Smart Dies", Oshkosh Daily Northwestern, April 2, 1938, page 13
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