Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 1850, Penniman akakunda mutungamiri weDemocrat Alexander W. Buel kuti asarudzwe seWhig kubva kudunhu reMichigan rekutanga reCongress kuenda kuCongress yeMakumi matatu nemaviri, achishanda kubva munaKurume 4, 1851 kusvika Kurume 3, 1853. Akanga ari mugari wokutanga wePlymouth akasarudzwa kuUnited States Congress. Akanga asiri mukwikwidzi wokugadzwazve muna 1852. Akanga ari mutezo wekokorodzano yakaungana pasi pemiti yemiouki paJackson, Michigan, July 6, 1854, pakurongwa kweRepublican Party muMichigan. Akanga ari nhume ku1856 Republican National Convention
kubva kuMichigan.