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- ↑ State of Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. "Members of the Wisconsin Legislature 1848–1999". Information Bulletin 99-1 (September 1999), p. 91.
- ↑ "Sec. 16", Wisconsin Argus March 25, 1847; p. 2, col. 3 via Newspapers.com