Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Iye akanga agara ari weDemocratic, asi akabatana neRepublican Party pakusikwa kwayo. Akanga ari nhume ku1856 Republican National Convention
. Akanga ari Treasurer weNew York State kubva muna 1860 kusvika muna 1861. Paaiva munyori wezvemari, akagamuchira mukadzi wokutanga akasarudzwa, Mary Todd Lincoln, muimba yeAstor House paaishanyira New York. Munguva yeHondo Yenyika yeU.S., saGurukota rezvemari, Dorsheimer, pamwe chete naGavhuna Edwin D. Morgan, vakapa kambani yezvipfeko yeBrooks Brothers chibvumirano chekugadzira yunifomu dzeuto reUnion dzinokwana 12 000. Kubva muna 1862 kusvika muna 1864, akanga ari Mutero Wemitero muBuffalo.