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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Legislatures (historical)", Arkansas biennial report of the Secretary of State for the years 1925-1926, p. 251 – via HathiTrust
- 1 2 3 "State legislatures", Arkansas biennial report of the Secretary of State for the years 1907-1908, pp. 126–184 – via HathiTrust. Includes rosters of House and Senate, 1836-1908
- 1 2 Journal of the Senate of Arkansas – via HathiTrust . 1837-1941
- ↑ "Arkansas: Legislative Session", Appleton's Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events...1899– via HathiTrust
- ↑ "States and territories: general information", Tribune Almanac and Political Register for 1901, New York, 1901, pp. 407–408 – via Internet Archive,
Annual elections
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "Previous Legislatures", arkleg.state.ar.us, Arkansas State Legislature, retrieved 2024-08-04
- ↑ "Arkansas General Assembly", arkleg.state.ar.us, archived from the original on 1998-05-12 – via Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Arkansas General Assembly", ballotpedia.org, retrieved 2024-08-04
