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Despite his push for protecting black constitutional rights in 1898, Pritchard by 1900 joined the "lily-white" movement, a group of Southern white Republicans who were intraparty rivals of black Republican politicians and more racially tolerant whites,<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> known as the "black and tan" faction.<ref name=lilywhitemovement/> He even advocated in 1900 against black public officeholders, and the statewide GOP performed poorly that year.<ref name=lilywhitemovement/>
 
Despite his push for protecting black constitutional rights in 1898, Pritchard by 1900 joined the "lily-white" movement, a group of Southern white Republicans who were intraparty rivals of black Republican politicians and more racially tolerant whites,<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> known as the "black and tan" faction.<ref name=lilywhitemovement/> He even advocated in 1900 against black public officeholders, and the statewide GOP performed poorly that year.<ref name=lilywhitemovement/>
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Pritchard was particularly at odds with GOP congressman George H. White, the last black Republican to serve in the House before Oscar De Priest was elected from a Chicago-based district in the late 1920s.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> No black Democrats were elected to Congress until in the [[1934 Midterm Elections|1934 midterms]], when the conservative De Priest was defeated for re-election by liberal [[New Deal]]er Arthur W. Mitchell.
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Pritchard was particularly at odds with GOP congressman George H. White, the last black Republican to serve in the House until Oscar De Priest was elected from a Chicago-based district in the late 1920s.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> No black Democrats were elected to Congress until in the [[1934 Midterm Elections|1934 midterms]], when the conservative De Priest was defeated for re-election by liberal [[New Deal]]er Arthur W. Mitchell.
    
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