Cleveland (Oh.) Gazette, 19 July 1884.
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See here for more about Daniel C. Suggs‘ nomination to West Point. Though he did not pass his entrance examination, his long, successful career bore witness to his exceptional talent.
James E. O’Hara
O’Hara will harangue.
Wilson Advance, 17 October 1884.
In a re-election bid, James Edward O’Hara defeated Wilson’s own Frederick A. Woodard for a seat in the United States House of Representatives. During his first term, O’Hara nominated Daniel C. Suggs to West Point and appointed Daniel Vick to a mail carrier position.
James E. O’Hara (1844-1905).
Nominated to West Point.
In 1883, Congressman James E. O’Hara of North Carolina’s Second District nominated Daniel Cato Sugg of Wilson to enter the United States Military Academy at West Point in June 1884. However, Suggs, a student at Lincoln University, failed the entrance examinations in arithmetic, geography and history. In fact, the only African-American to gain entry to West Point that year was Charles Young.
U.S. Military and Naval Academies, Cadet Records and Applications, 1800-1908 [database on-line], http://www.ancestry.com; Brian Shellum, Black Cadet in a White Bastion: Charles Young at West Point (2006), page 36.