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==U.S. Senate==
 
==U.S. Senate==
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In 1895, the Fusionist-led North Carolina legislature elected Pritchard to the state's Class III Senate seat to finish the incomplete term left upon the death of Zebulon B. Vance.<ref name=ncpedia>Morgan, Joe L. (1994). [https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/pritchard-jeter-conley Pritchard, Jeter Conley]. ''NCPedia''. Retrieved September 29, 2021.</ref>
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In 1895, the Fusionist-led North Carolina legislature elected Pritchard to the state's Class III Senate seat to finish the incomplete term left upon the death of Zebulon B. Vance.<ref name=ncpedia>Morgan, Joe L. (1994). [https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/pritchard-jeter-conley Pritchard, Jeter Conley]. ''NCPedia''. Retrieved September 29, 2021.</ref> Due to Jim Crow disenfranchisement of black voters following the end of [[Reconstruction]], he was one of the few congressional Southern Republicans remaining. President [[William McKinley]] often consulted with Pritchard on matters pertaining to [[the South]].<ref name=ncpedia/>
    
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