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- ↑ Source does not list party affiliation for Williams. Williams was later elected Governor of Vermont as a Whig, which suggests he may have been a Democratic-Republican in 1824, but this is not certain
- ↑ "Eighteenth Congress" (PDF). Artandhistory.house.gov. 1823. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-09-24.