A Democrat , Fisher won his first political office in 1854 , when Rowan County voters elected him as a state senator .
His father was a politician for 28 years , much of which time Fisher supported him as copublisher of the Western Carolinian .
A Democrat , Fisher won Fisher 's first political office in 1854 , when Rowan County voters elected him as a state senator .
His father was a politician for 28 years , much of which time Fisher supported him as copublisher of the Western Carolinian .