Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Speer akasarudzwa seDemocrat kuCongress makumi mana nembiri uye makumi mana nematatu. Akanga asiri mukwikwidzi wokugadzwazve muna 1874. Akanga ari nhume kuDemocratic National Conventions muna 1872 uye
Muna 1880. Akatangazve kuita basa remutemo uye muna 1876 akava mumwe wevaridzi ve"Huntingdon Monitor". Akanga ari mukwikwidzi asina kubudirira nokuda kwesarudzo muna 1880 kuCongress yeMakumi mana nenomwe. Akafira muNew York City muna 1890. Kuvigwa kwake kuri muRiverview Cemetery muHuntingdon, Pennsylvania.