Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Wilmot akanga ari Mutongi Mukuru weDare rePennsylvania reCommon Pleas nokuda kweDunhu rechigumi nematatu roKutonga kubva muna 1851 kusvika muna 1861. Akatora rutivi runotungamirira mukutanga kweRepublican Party muna 1854. Akanga ari Sachigaro wekomiti yepurogiramu yeRepublican Party, akanga ari nhume ku
1856 Republican National Convention uye akashanda nesimba kumumiriri wekutanga weRepublican, John C. Fremont, musarudzo dza1856. Akanga ari mukwikwidzi asina kubudirira weRepublican kuGavhuna wePennsylvania muna 1857, achirasikirwa naWilliam F. Packer.