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- ↑ "House Roster of the Alabama House of Representatives". Alabama Legislature . Archived from the original on August 9, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2024– via Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Alabama. Department of Archives and History, Thomas McAdory Green (1967), Alabama Official and Statistical Register, State of Alabama, Department of Archives and History
- ↑ Alabama Legislature (1971). Journal of the Alabama Senate, 1971 (third special session). Alabama Legislature. p. 770.
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