Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1855, Brainerd akanga ari mumwe wavarongi vebato idzva reRepublican parakasikwa sesangano guru rezvematongerwe enyika rinorwisana nouranda. Akashanda sachigaro wokutanga weVermont's Republican Party, uye akanga ari mumwe wevatungamiri vashomanana vehurumende avo vakabudisa kudana kwekambani yekutanga yenyika yegungano muna 1856
. Brainerd akanga ari mumiririri, uye akadana kokorodzano kuti iite murayiro sachigaro wayo wenguva pfupi.