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George M. Pritchard

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George M. Pritchard
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from North Carolina's 10th district
In office
March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931
Preceded byZebulon Weaver
Succeeded byZebulon Weaver
Personal details
Born(1886-01-04)January 4, 1886
Mars Hill, North Carolina
DiedApril 24, 1955(1955-04-24) (aged 69)
Asheville, North Carolina
NationalityAmerican
Political partyRepublican

George Moore Pritchard (January 4, 1886 – April 24, 1955) was a lawyer, Republican politician, and one-term U.S. representative from North Carolina. He was the son of Senator Jeter C. Pritchard and Augusta Ray.

Pritchard served in the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1916 and 1917. In 1928, Pritchard was elected to the 71st United States Congress from North Carolina's 10th congressional district. In 1930, he did not run for re-election, but instead ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate against Democrat Josiah W. Bailey. All his later attempts at political comebacks—running for Governor of North Carolina in 1940 and 1948, and for the U.S. House in 1952—were unsuccessful.

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Party political offices
Preceded by
A. A. Whitener
Republican nominee for U.S. Senator from North Carolina
(Class 2)

1930
Succeeded by
Frank C. Patton
Preceded by
Frank C. Patton
Republican nominee for Governor of North Carolina
1948
Succeeded by
Herbert F. "Chub" Seawell Jr.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from North Carolina's 10th congressional district

1929–1931
Succeeded by
Zebulon Weaver