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- ↑ Sharp, Nancy Weatherly; Sharp, James Roger (1 January 1997). American Legislative Leaders in the West, 1911–1994. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313302121 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Timothy Barrow – The Institute of Politics at Harvard University".
- ↑ Arizona State Library Archives & Public Records-Arizona Legislators: Then & Now-Timothy A. Barrow
- ↑ "Timothy Barrow Obituary". Legacy.com .