| − | In 1903, President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] appointed Pritchard to become an associate justice for the Supreme Court of Washington, D.C., and later the former senator became a circuit court judge. During this time, Pritchard actively pushed against Jim Crow laws, advocating an end to the discriminatory "grandfather clause."<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/>
| + | Pritchard, being a leader of the lily-white movement, became an adviser to President [[Theodore Roosevelt]].<ref name=lilywhitemovement/> In 1903, President Roosevelt appointed him to become an associate justice for the Supreme Court of Washington, D.C., and later a circuit court judge the following year. |