Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Samuel Anderson Purviance akaberekerwa muButler, Pennsylvania. Akaenda kukoreji ndokutsvaka kosi isina kukwana uye ipapo akadzidza mutemo. Akagamuchirwa kubhawa muna 1827 ndokutanga tsika muButler. Akatamira kuWarren County, muPennsylvania, uye akanga ari gweta rokuchera kwemakore maviri. Akadzokera kuButler, kwaakaramba achishanda somutemo. Akanga ari nhume yekokorodzano yemitemo yenyika ya1837 na1838. Akanga ari nhengo yePennsylvania House of Representatives muna 1838 na 1839. Akanga ari nhume ku1844 Whig National Convention uye kuRepublican National Convention muna
1856, 1860, 1864, uye 1868.