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- ↑ "House Membership: Historical Listing" (PDF). house.louisiana.gov. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
- ↑ "William Charles Cole Claiborne II". 64 Parishes. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
- ↑ Womack, Stephanie (2017). "From Despised Temporary Governor to First Elected Governor of Louisiana: The Vindication of William Charles Cole Claiborne". Electronic Theses and Dissertations: 56 – via University of Alabama at Birmingham.
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