Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tau 1879, ka noho a Faulkner hei Tiamana o te Komiti Manapori o New York State. He mema ia ki te 1868, 1880
, me te 1884 Democratic National Conventions. I te Huihuinga o te tau 1884, i whakahe ia ki te whakaingoatanga a Grover Cleveland, a, i tautoko ia i a Roswell P. Flower. Ko te whakaingoa me te kowhiringa a Cleveland ki te Perehitini i tohu i te mutunga o tana mana i roto i te kawanatanga me nga mahi torangapu a rohe, ana i muri i te whakatuunga o Cleveland ka aro nui ia ki ana hiahia pakihi.