In 1884 Tuskegee began the creation of their first quartet of males only. The school fund raised for a campaign to fund the quartet and all of their needs. They received a lot of support from Booker T. Washington as well. The school was able to get Robert H. Hamilton from Hampton singers to accompany and teach three other students. Together they would form the first quartet on campus at Tuskegee. They’re names were Hiram H. Thweatt of Tuskegee, Alabama; John F. McLemore of Cusseta (Chambers County), Alabama; Warren Logan, a Hampton Institute graduate from Greensboro, North Carolina; and of course leader Robert H. Hamilton, also a Hampton graduate from Hampton, Virginia. After a short break, the quartet was recreated in 1909 and traveled internationally into the 1940s, with anywhere from five to eight members.