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- ↑ Legislative hand book and manual of the State of Nebraska, 1897 – via HathiTrust
- ↑ Portrait and biographical album of the state officers and members of the Nebraska Legislature, twenty-eighth session, 1903-1904 – via HathiTrust
- ↑ Nebraska Blue Book and Historical Register, 1915 – via Internet Archive
- ↑ "Nebraska Unicameral", unicam.state.ne.us, archived from the original on 1998-12-06 – via Wayback Machine
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- ↑ "Nebraska Legislature", nebraskalegislature.gov, archived from the original on 2008-11-29 – via Wayback Machine
