Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Somugumisiro wemaonero ake anorwisana nouranda Jenkins akava muRepublican apo bato racho rakavambwa. Muna 1856 akashanda senhume kuRepublican National Convention yokutanga
. Muna 1857 akanga ari musarudzo weRepublican asina kubudirira pachigaro paNew York Court of Appeals, achirasikirwa naHiram Denio. Muna 1858 akanga ari mukwikwidzi weRepublican nomination for Governor of New York, uye akarasikirwa naEdwin D. Morgan, uyo akaenderera mberi kukunda sarudzo huru.