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==History==
==History==
Among the last Republicans to be elected from North Carolina before [[Jim Crow]] Democrats seized control of the state in 1898 were Sen. [[Jeter C. Pritchard]] and congressman George Henry White. The two were at odds due to Pritchard's support for the lily-white movement which opposed the traditional "black and tan" Southern GOP faction.<ref>Fascinating Politics (September 29, 2021). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2021/09/29/the-republican-families-of-old-north-carolina/ The Republican Families of Old North Carolina]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved September 29, 2021.</ref> However, Pritchard would be a staunch opponents of Jim Crow laws when he was a judge for the [[Fourth Circuit]] Court.
Among the last Republicans to be elected from North Carolina before [[Jim Crow]] Democrats seized control of the state in 1898 were Sen. [[Jeter C. Pritchard]] and congressman George Henry White. The two were at odds due to Pritchard's support for the lily-white movement which opposed the traditional "black and tan" Southern GOP faction.<ref>Fascinating Politics (September 29, 2021). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2021/09/29/the-republican-families-of-old-north-carolina/ The Republican Families of Old North Carolina]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved September 29, 2021.</ref> However, Pritchard would be a staunch opponents of Jim Crow laws when he was a judge for the [[Fourth Circuit]] Court.
After Charles A. Jonas and George M. Pritchard (the son of Jeter Pritchard) left Congress in 1931, no Republican was elected to either legislative chamber for twenty-two years; Jonas' son [[Charles R. Jonas]] was elected from a western congressional district in 1952 amidst the Eisenhower landslide that year, and served in the House for two decades before retiring.
==Politics==
==Politics==