| BBC web site, Historical Figures section, http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/index.shtml |
| Biographical Directory of the United States Congress web site, http://bioguide.congress.gov |
| Brazoria County Historical Museum, http://www.bchm.org |
| Texascourthouses.com web site, http://www.texascourthouses.com |
| The Courthouses of Texas (1993, Texas A&M University Press) by Mavis P. Kelsey, Sr. and Donald H. Dyal. |
| The Handbook of Texas On Line web site, http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online |
| The Stephen A. Decatur House Museum web site, http://www.decaturhouse.org |
| The White House web site, http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents |
| U.S. History by the Independence Hall Association in Philidelphia web site, http://www.ushistory.org |
