Yerger 's conservatives , who stressed States ' rights , replaced the former Black and Tan contingent , which had governed the state party from Washington , D.C. , with the African-American lawyer Perry Wilbon Howard as the national committeeman and the past dispenser of the limited federal patronage in the state . At the 1952 Republican National Convention in Chicago , Howard led an all-black delegation pledged not to Eisenhower , but U.S. Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio , a favorite of the conservative forces but known for his opposition to segregation , in Taft 's words : " No segregationist belongs on a Republican ticket or even in the party "
1952 Republican National Convention
1952 Republican National Convention
Wirt Yerger