Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Samuel Anderson Purviance akaberekerwa muButler, Pennsylvania. Akaenda kukoreji ndokutsvaka kosi isina kukwana uye ipapo akadzidza mutemo. Akagamuchirwa kubhawa muna 1827 ndokutanga tsika muButler. Akatamira kuWarren County, muPennsylvania, uye akanga ari gweta rokuchera kwemakore maviri. Akadzokera kuButler, kwaakaramba achishanda somutemo. Akanga ari nhume yekokorodzano yemitemo yenyika ya1837 na1838. Akanga ari nhengo yePennsylvania House of Representatives muna 1838 na 1839. Akanga ari nhume kuWhig National Convention muna 1844 uye kuRepublican National Convention muna 1856
, 1860, 1864, uye 1868.