 After the nomination of Daniel Henry Chamberlain for Governor at the state Republican convention on September 8, 1874, a group of Republicans dissatisfied with the selection met on October 2 to choose their ticket for the general election.They chose John T. Green, a judge from Sumter, as their nominee for governor and for lieutenant governor, Martin R. Delany, a black doctor from Charleston.The Conservative Party of South Carolina expressed its support for the statewide candidates of the Independent Republicans on October 8.