Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Mgbe Cowan hapụsịrị ụlọomeiwu, ọ maliteghachiri ọrụ iwu na Greensburg. Ọ gara n'ihu na-akwado ndị Democratic Party, ma kwado Horace Greeley, onye Democratic na Liberal Republican nominee maka onye isi ala na 1872. Ọ kwadoro onye isi ala nke onye Democrat Samuel J. Tilden na ntuli aka nke 1876, ma bụrụ onye na-akwado Winfield Scott Hancock maka onye isi ala na 1880, gụnyere ịga na Democratic National Convention nke afọ ahụ
dị ka onye nnọchiteanya.