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Florida's 12th congressional district

{{Short description|U.S. House district for Florida}}

{{Redirect|FL-12|the state road|Florida State Road 12}}

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{{Infobox U.S. congressional district

|state = Florida

|district number = 12

|image name = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|from=Florida's 12th congressional district (2023–).map|frame-height=300|frame-width=400|frame-latitude=28.5|frame-longitude=-82.5|zoom=8|overlay-horizontal-alignment=right|overlay-vertical-alignment=bottom|overlay=120px}}

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|image caption = Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023

|representative = Gus Bilirakis

|party = Republican

|residence = Palm Harbor

|english area = 1,069{{Cite web |title=Congressional Plan--SC14-1905 (Ordered by The Florida Supreme Court, 2-December-2015) |url=https://www.flsenate.gov/usercontent/session/redistricting/map_and_stats_11x17v5b_sc14-1905.pdf |access-date=January 11, 2017 |publisher=Florida Senate Committee on Reapportionment}}

|metric area =

|distribution ref={{Cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html |title=Congressional Districts Relationship Files (State-based) |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |archive-date=April 2, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402141525/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html |url-status=dead}}

|percent urban = 93.09

|percent rural = 6.91

|population = 843,806{{Cite web |last=Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP) |first=US Census Bureau |title=My Congressional District |url=https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=12&cd=12 |website=www.census.gov}}

|population year = 2023

|median income = $63,762

| percent white = 75.3

| percent hispanic = 13.6

| percent black = 4.4

| percent asian = 2.0

| percent more than one race = 4.1

| percent other race = 0.7

|percent blue collar =

|percent white collar =

|percent gray collar =

|cpvi = R+17{{Cite web|title=2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)|url=https://www.cookpolitical.com/cook-pvi/2025-partisan-voting-index/district-map-and-list|access-date=2025-04-05|website=Cook Political Report|language=en}}

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Florida's 12th congressional district is an electoral district for the U.S. Congress and was assigned along the Gulf coast of central Florida. The district includes Citrus County and Hernando County, as well as most of Pasco County, including the places of New Port Richey, Dade City, Spring Hill, and Homosassa Springs.

From 2013 to 2023, it covered Pasco County and parts of north Pinellas County and Hillsborough County.https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd113/cd_based/ST12/CD113_FL12.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}

See whole Florida state map for 2013, with the 12th district covering

Pasco County and counties below:

[http://www.flsenate.gov/PublishedContent/SESSION/HOME/REDISTRICTING2012/PUBLICCOMMENTS/h000c9047_35x42L.pdf h9047_35x42L.pdf]

Congressional Plan: H000C9047. Chapter No. 2012-2, Laws of Florida.

www.flsenate.gov. February 16, 2012.

See the 2013 boundaries of the 12th district, covering

Pasco County and northern

Pinellas County and northwest

Hillsborough in the 2013 districts map:

[http://www.flsenate.gov/PublishedContent/Session/Redistricting/Plans/H000C9047/H000C9047_map_sw.pdf H000C9047_map_sw.pdf],

for the southwest region of Florida.

Congressional Plan: H000C9047. Chapter No. 2012-2, Laws of Florida.

www.flsenate.gov. February 2012.

The district is currently represented by Republican Gus Bilirakis.

Composition

For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and communities:[https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd118/cd_based/ST12/CD118_FL15.pdf https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd118/cd_based/ST12/CD118_FL12.pdf]

Citrus County (15)

: All 15 communities

Hernando County (22)

: All 22 communities

Pasco County (29)

: Aripeka, Bayonet Point, Beacon Square, Connerton, Dade City, Dade City North, Elfers, Heritage Pines, Holiday, Hudson, Jasmine Estates, Key Vista, Lacoochee, Land O' Lakes (part; also 15th), Meadow Oaks, Moon Lake, New Port Richey, New Port Richey East, Odessa (part; also 15th), Pasadena Hills (part; also 15th), Port Richey, Quail Ridge, River Ridge, San Antonio, Shady Hills, St. Leo, Trilby, Trinity, Wesley Chapel (part; also 15th),

List of members representing the district

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! Member

! Party

! Years

! Cong
ress

! Electoral history

! Location

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| colspan=6 | District created January 3, 1963

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William C. Cramer
{{Small|(St. Petersburg)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | January 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1967

| {{USCongressOrdinal|88|89}}

| Redistricted from the {{ushr|Florida|1|C}} and re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Redistricted to the {{ushr|Florida|8|C}}.

| 1963–1967
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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Dante Fascell
{{Small|(Miami)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| nowrap | January 3, 1967 –
January 3, 1973

| {{USCongressOrdinal|90|92}}

| Redistricted from the {{ushr|Florida|4|C}} and re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Redistricted to the {{ushr|Florida|15|C}}.

| 1967–1973
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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J. Herbert Burke
{{Small|(Hollywood)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | January 3, 1973 –
January 3, 1979

| {{USCongressOrdinal|93|95}}

| Redistricted from the {{ushr|Florida|10|C}} and re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Lost re-election.

| rowspan=3 | 1973–1983
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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Edward J. Stack
{{Small|(Fort Lauderdale)}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| nowrap | January 3, 1979 –
January 3, 1981

| {{USCongressOrdinal|96}}

| Elected in 1978.
Lost renomination.

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Clay Shaw
{{Small|(Fort Lauderdale)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | January 3, 1981 –
January 3, 1983

| {{USCongressOrdinal|97}}

| Elected in 1980.
Redistricted to the {{ushr|Florida|15|C}}.

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Tom Lewis
{{Small|(North Palm Beach)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | January 3, 1983 –
January 3, 1993

| {{USCongressOrdinal|98|102}}

| Elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Redistricted to the {{ushr|Florida|16|C}}.

| 1983–1993
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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Charles T. Canady
{{Small|(Lakeland)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 2001

| {{USCongressOrdinal|103|106}}

| Elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Retired.

| rowspan=2 | 1993–2003
{{Data missing|date=February 2020}}

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Adam Putnam
{{Small|(Bartow)}}

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| rowspan=2 nowrap | January 3, 2001 –
January 3, 2011

| rowspan=2 | {{USCongressOrdinal|107|111}}

| rowspan=2 | Elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Retired to run for Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services.

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| rowspan=2 | 2003–2013
The district covered areas further east and encompassed much of Polk County as well as parts of rural and suburban east Hillsborough County and a small piece of western Osceola County, which later became the center of the {{ushr|FL|9|C}}.
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Dennis Ross
{{Small|(Lakeland)}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| nowrap | January 3, 2011 –
January 3, 2013

| {{USCongressOrdinal|112}}

| Elected in 2010.
Redistricted to the {{ushr|Florida|15|C}}.

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Gus Bilirakis
{{Small|(Palm Harbor)}}

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| rowspan=3 nowrap | January 3, 2013 –
present

| rowspan=3 | {{USCongressOrdinal|113|present}}

| rowspan=3 | Redistricted from the {{ushr|Florida|9|C}} and re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.
Re-elected in 2024.

| 2013–2017
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| 2017–2023
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| 2023–present
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Recent election results from statewide races

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! Year

! Office

! Resultshttps://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::3a6791b9-a186-4691-a95c-5d51dbb3be1chttps://mcimaps.substack.com/p/issue-235-these-florida-specials

|2008

| President

| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|McCain 52% - 46%

rowspan=4|2010

| Senate

| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Rubio 47% - 12%

Governor

| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Scott 55% - 45%

Attorney General

| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Bondi 58% - 34%

Chief Financial Officer

| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Atwater 59% - 31%

rowspan=2|2012

| President

| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Romney 55% - 45%

Senate

| align="right" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Nelson 55% - 45%

|2014

| Governor

| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Scott 52% - 48%

rowspan=2|2016

| President

| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Trump 62% - 34%

Senate

| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Rubio 58% - 35%

rowspan=4|2018

| Senate

| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Scott 61% - 38%

Governor

| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|DeSantis 61% - 37%

Attorney General

| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Moody 65% - 33%

Chief Financial Officer

| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Patronis 64% - 36%

|2020

| President

| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Trump 64% - 35%

rowspan=4|2022

| Senate

| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Rubio 68% - 31%

Governor

| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|DeSantis 69% - 30%

Attorney General

| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Moody 72% - 28%

Chief Financial Officer

| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Patronis 70% - 30%

rowspan=2|2024

| President

| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Trump 67% - 32%

Senate

| align="right" {{party shading/Republican}}|Scott 64% - 34%

Recent election results

=2002=

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Adam Putnam (Incumbent)

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| percentage = 100.00

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{{Election box hold with party link without swing

| winner = Republican Party (United States)

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=2004=

{{Election box begin no change| title=Florida's 12th Congressional District Election (2004){{cite web |url=https://results.elections.myflorida.com/Index.asp?ElectionDate=11/2/2004&DATAMODE= |title=November 2, 2004 General Election |access-date=January 15, 2021 |publisher=Florida Division of Elections}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Adam Putnam (Incumbent)

| votes = 179,204

| percentage = 64.89

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Bob Hagenmaier

| votes = 96,965

| percentage = 35.11

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 276,169

| percentage = 100.00

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{{Election box hold with party link without swing

| winner = Republican Party (United States)

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{{Election box end}}

=2006=

{{Election box begin no change| title=Florida's 12th Congressional District Election (2006){{cite web |url=https://results.elections.myflorida.com/Index.asp?ElectionDate=11/7/2006&DATAMODE= |title=November 7, 2006 General Election |access-date=January 15, 2021 |publisher=Florida Division of Elections}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Adam Putnam (Incumbent)

| votes = 124,452

| percentage = 69.12

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Independent

| candidate = Joe Viscusi

| votes = 34,976

| percentage = 19.42

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Independent

| candidate = Ed Bowlin

| votes = 20,636

| percentage = 11.46

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 180,064

| percentage = 100.00

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{{Election box hold with party link without swing

| winner = Republican Party (United States)

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{{Election box end}}

=2008=

{{Election box begin no change| title=Florida's 12th Congressional District Election (2008){{cite web |url=https://results.elections.myflorida.com/Index.asp?ElectionDate=11/4/2008&DATAMODE= |title=November 4, 2008 General Election |access-date=January 15, 2021 |publisher=Florida Division of Elections}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Adam Putnam (Incumbent)

| votes = 185,698

| percentage = 57.46

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Doug Tudor

| votes = 137,465

| percentage = 42.54

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 323,163

| percentage = 100.00

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{{Election box turnout no change

| percentage =

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{{Election box hold with party link without swing

| winner = Republican Party (United States)

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{{Election box end}}

=2010=

{{Election box begin no change| title=Florida's 12th Congressional District Election (2010){{cite web |url=https://results.elections.myflorida.com/Index.asp?ElectionDate=11/2/2010&DATAMODE= |title=November 2, 2010 General Election |access-date=January 15, 2021 |publisher=Florida Division of Elections}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| candidate = Dennis Ross (Incumbent)

| votes = 102,704

| percentage = 48.14

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Lori Edwards

| votes = 87,769

| percentage = 41.14

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| party = Independent

| candidate = Randy Wilkinson{{efn | Randy Wilkinson ran on the Tea Party platform on the ballot.}}

| votes = 22,857

| percentage = 10.71

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 213,330

| percentage = 100.00

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{{Election box turnout no change

| percentage =

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{{Election box hold with party link without swing

| winner = Republican Party (United States)

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{{Election box end}}

=2012=

{{Election box begin no change| title=2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida{{cite web |url=https://results.elections.myflorida.com/Index.asp?ElectionDate=11/6/2012&DATAMODE= |title=November 6, 2012 General Election |access-date=January 15, 2021 |publisher=Florida Division of Elections }}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Gus Bilirakis (incumbent)

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes =209,604

| percentage = 63.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Jonathan Michael Snow

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 108,770

| percentage = 32.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = John Russell

| party = Independent

| votes = 6,878

| percentage = 2.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Paul Siney Elliott

| party = Independent

| votes = 4,915

| percentage = 1.5

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 330,167

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing

|winner = Republican Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

=2014=

Bilirakis ran uncontested.{{cite web |url=https://results.elections.myflorida.com/Index.asp?ElectionDate=11/4/2014&DATAMODE= |title=November 4, 2014 General Election |access-date=January 15, 2021 |publisher=Florida Division of Elections }}

=2016=

{{Election box begin no change | title=Florida's 12th congressional district, 2016{{cite web |url=https://results.elections.myflorida.com/Index.asp?ElectionDate=11/8/2016&DATAMODE= |title=November 8, 2016 General Election |access-date=January 15, 2021 |publisher=Florida Division of Elections }}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Gus Bilirakis (incumbent)

|votes = 253,559

|percentage = 68.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Robert Matthew Tager

|votes = 116,110

|percentage = 31.4

}}

{{Election box total no change

|votes = 369,669

|percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change

|winner = Republican Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

=2018=

{{Election box begin no change | title=Florida's 12th congressional district, 2018{{cite web |url=https://results.elections.myflorida.com/Index.asp?ElectionDate=11/6/2018&DATAMODE= |access-date=January 24, 2021 |publisher=Florida Division of Elections |title=Florida Department of State - Election Results }}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Gus Bilirakis (incumbent)

|votes = 194,564

|percentage = 58.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Chris Hunter

|votes = 132,844

|percentage = 39.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Independent|candidate=Angelika Purkis|votes=7,510|percentage=2.2}}{{Election box total no change

|votes = 334,918

|percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change

|winner = Republican Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

=2020=

{{Election box begin no change | title=Florida's 12th congressional district, 2020{{cite web |url=https://results.elections.myflorida.com/Index.asp?ElectionDate=11/6/2020&DATAMODE= |access-date=January 24, 2021 |publisher=Florida Division of Elections |title=Florida Department of State - Election Results }}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Gus Bilirakis (incumbent)

|votes = 284,941

|percentage = 62.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Kimberly Walker

|votes = 168,194

|percentage = 37.1

}}

{{Election box total no change

|votes = 453,135

|percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change

|winner = Republican Party (United States)

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{{Election box end}}

=2022=

{{Election box begin no change | title=Florida's 12th congressional district, 2022

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Gus Bilirakis (incumbent)

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 226,583

| percentage = 70.38

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Kimberly Walker

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 95,377

| percentage = 29.62

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Charles Smith (write-in)

| party = Independent

| votes = 4

| percentage = <0.01

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 321,964

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change

|winner = Republican Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

=2024=

{{Election box begin no change | title=Florida's 12th congressional district, 2024

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Gus Bilirakis (incumbent)

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 306,487

| percentage = 71.04

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Rock Aboujaoude Jr.

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| votes = 125,949

| percentage = 28.96

}}

{{Election box total no change

| votes = 431.436

| percentage = 100.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no change

|winner = Republican Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

Notes

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References

{{Reflist}}

  • {{Cite book |last=Martis |first=Kenneth C. |title=The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress |publisher=Macmillan Publishing Company |year=1989 |location=New York}}
  • {{Cite book |last=Martis |first=Kenneth C. |title=The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts |publisher=Macmillan Publishing Company |year=1982 |location=New York}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20100423082228/http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present]

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