Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Wilmot akanga ari Mutongi Mukuru weDare rePennsylvania reCommon Pleas nokuda kweRuwa Rwegumi Nhatu Rwokutonga kubva muna 1851 kusvika muna 1861. Akatora rutivi runotungamirira mukutanga kweRepublican Party muna 1854. Akanga ari Sachigaro wekomiti yepurogiramu yeRepublican Party, akanga ari nhume ku1856 Republican National Convention
uye akashanda nesimba nokuda kwomumiriri wokutanga weRepublican, John C. Fremont, musarudzo ya1856. Akanga ari mukwikwidzi asina kubudirira weRepublican kuGavhuna wePennsylvania muna 1857, achirasikirwa naWilliam F. Packer.