Buuxi weedha soo socota: Sanadkii 1850, Penniman wuxuu ka adkaaday Dimuqraadiga Alexander W. Buel si loogu doorto Whig ka soo jeeda Michigan degmada 1aad ee Kongareeska ilaa Koongareeska Laba iyo soddonka, oo u adeegayay laga bilaabo Maarso 4, 1851 ilaa Maarso 3, 1853. Wuxuu ahaa muwaadinkii ugu horreeyay ee Plymouth ee loo doorto Congress-ka Mareykanka. 1852 ma uusan noqon musharax dib loo magacaabay. Waxa uu ahaa xubin ka mid ah shirweynihii lagu qabtay Jackson, Michigan, July 6, 1854, ee ururka Jamhuuriga ee Michigan. Wuxuu ahaa wakiil ka socda
Shirweynihii Qaranka ee Jamhuuriga 1856 ee Michigan.