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'''Jeter Connelly Pritchard''' (July 12, 1857 – April 10, 1921), also known as '''J. C. Pritchard''', was a judge from [[North Carolina]] who served as the state's U.S. senator from 1895 to 1903. A [[Republican]], he was part of the "Fusion" alliance between the GOP and statewide Populist Party which opposed the [[Jim Crow]] Democrats.

'''Jeter Connelly Pritchard''' (July 12, 1857 – April 10, 1921), also known as '''J. C. Pritchard''', was a judge from [[North Carolina]] who served as the state's U.S. senator from 1895 to 1903. A [[Republican]], he was part of the "Fusion" alliance between the GOP and statewide Populist Party which opposed the [[Jim Crow]] Democrats.

==U.S. Senate==

===U.S. Senate===

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/>

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/>