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American legislative leaders in the South, 1911-1994 / James Roger Sharp
and Nancy Weatherly Sharp, editors; Kevin G. Atwater and
Gina Petonito, assistant editors; Charles F. Ritter and Jon L. Wakelyn
, advisory editors.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-313-30213-8 (alk. paper)

1. Legislators--Southern States--Biography--Dictionaries.
2. Legislators--United States--States--Biography--Dictionaries.
3. Legislative bodies--Southern States--Leadership. 4. Southern
States--Biography--Dictionaries. I. Sharp, James Roger, 1936-
II. Sharp, Nancy Weatherly.

F208.A44 1999

328.73'092'275--dc21

[B] 98-23549

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available.

Copyright © 1999 by James Roger Sharp, Nancy Weatherly Sharp,
Charles F. Ritter, and Jon L. Wakelyn

All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
reproduced, by any process or technique, without the
express written consent of the publisher.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 98-23549
ISBN: 0-313-30213-8

First published in 1999

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