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- ↑ History of the State of Kansas, William G. Cutler, "Montgomery County"
- ↑ "Kansas Historical Society website, list of lieutenant governors with brief bios". Archived from the original on 2018-12-16. Retrieved 2011-07-03.
- ↑ A Standard History of Oklahoma, Volume 4, American Historical Society, 1916, Joseph Bradfield Thoburn, p. 1551-2
- ↑ The Baptist Encyclopaedia, William Cathcart, Philadelphia: Everts, 1881, p. 1023, entry "Lieut.-Gov. Melville Judson Salter"
- ↑ William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas online
- ↑ Portrait and Biographical Album of Sumner County, Kansas, Chicago: Chapman bros., 1890, p. 208, entry "Lewis A. Salter"
- ↑ Nineteenth Biennial Report of the Board of Directors of the Kansas Historical Society, ed. William Connelly, Topeka: Kansas State Printing Office, 1915, p. 130
- ↑ Jeremiah Mickel autobiography
- ↑ Susanna Madora Salter-First Woman Mayor (Kansas Collection-Kansas Historical Quarterlies)
