Before 1870 he received a commission from General Oliver O. Howard as assistant superintendent of schools in the Freedmen 's Bureau . In this role by 1870 he had established a department for schooling for the deaf , dumb , and blind in the Bureau . He also worked to create an integrated State University , but was not successful due to the opposition of Democrats in the state legislature after they gained control of that body in 1870 . He was a delegate to the 1872 Republican National Convention and temporary chairman of the Republican State convention in 1876
1872 Republican National Convention
1872 Republican National Convention
James Walker Hood