Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Bato reRepublican rakanga raumbwa muna 1854, mukupindura Mutemo weKansas-Nebraska. Chimiro chayo chinorwisana nouranda chakanga chichikwezva kuna Seward, asi aida chimiro cheWhig muNew York kuti asarudzwezve. Muna September 1855, mapato eNew York eWhig neeRepublican akabata magungano panguva imwe chete ayo nokukurumidza akabatanidzwa kuva rimwe. Seward akanga ari munhu akatanhamara zvikuru kuti abatane nebato idzva uye akataura nezvake somunhu anobvira kuva mutungamiri wenyika muna 1856. Weed, zvisinei, haana kunzwa kuti bato idzva rakanga rakasimba zvakakwana padanho renyika kuchengetedza hutungamiri, uye akaraira Seward kumirira kusvika muna 1860. Apo zita raSeward rakataurwa pa
1856 Republican National Convention, kurova maoko kukuru kwakaitika. Pakusarudzwa kwemutungamiri wenyika muna 1856, mukwikwidzi weDemocratic, aimbova seneta wePennsylvania James Buchanan, akakunda Republican, aimbova seneta weCalifornia John C. Frémont, uye mukwikwidzi weKnow Nothing, aimbova mutungamiri Fillmore.