He was chosen a state delegate-at-large for the 1884 Republican National Convention , favoring James G. Blaine for president , but who would lose in the general election to Grover Cleveland . Watson was politically independent minded , and his selection as a delegate was disputed , with Saginaw lumber baron William Q. Atwood the other candidate to represent black Michiganders . Watson along with Obadiah C. Wood feuded with Albert W. Hill , and when Watson term in the city council ended , he was not put up for a second term . When Watson 's term in the city council ended , he requested and was promised a seat in the assessor 's office , but in the end was not appointed . About that time , he left the Republican party , and in 1888 , Watson wrote an article published in the '' Detroit Free Press '' in support of independent politics and questioning the Republican Party 's support for civil rights . He formed the Independent Colored Democratic Club and was a member of the Jacksonians club . in 1892 , he supported Grover Cleveland in the presidential election . In 1891 , he was appointed to the Jury Commission by Michigan Governor Edwin B. Winans
1884 Republican National Convention
1884 Republican National Convention
Samuel C. Watson