Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1856 Julian akanga ari nhume ku
kokorodzano muPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, uko bato reRepublican rakasarudza John C. Frémont somumiriri wavo nokuda kweMutungamiriri wenyika musarudzo ya1856 yeMutungamiriri wenyika yeUnited States. Julian akashanda sachigaro wekomiti yehurongwa hwenyika. Muna 1860 akasarudzwa seRepublican kuCongress makumi matatu nemanomwe, uye akakunda kusarudzwazve muCongress makumi matatu nemasere, makumi matatu nemapfumbamwe, makumi mana, uye makumi mana nerimwe, achishanda kubva muna 1861 kusvika muna 1871. Julian, pakati pevaRepublican veU.S. House vakanga vakanyanyisa, akanga ari murwi anoshingaira wokurambidzwa kwehurumende uyo akavawo anozivikanwa nokuda kwokutsigira kwake kodzero dzevanhu, kodzero yevakadzi yokuvhota, uye kugadziridzwa kwenyika. Akagadzwa kuCongressional Committee on Public Lands muna 1861, akashandawo sachigaro wayo kubva muna 1863 kusvika muna 1871. Mukuwedzera, Julian akanga ari sachigaro weExpenditures muDhipatimendi reNavy (Makumi matatu nemapfumbamwe Congress).