Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Wuxuu mar walba ahaa Dimuqraadi, laakiin wuxuu ku biiray xisbiga Jamhuuriga markii la aasaasay. Wuxuu ahaa wakiil ka tirsan
Shirweynihii Qaranka ee Jamhuuriga 1856 Wuxuu ahaa Hantidhawrka Gobolka New York 1860 ilaa 1861. Intii uu ahaa qasnadaha, wuxuu marti galiyay marwada koowaad ee la doortay, Mary Todd Lincoln, qol ku yaal Astor House inta ay booqanaysay New York. Intii lagu jiray Dagaalkii Sokeeye ee Maraykanka, Dorsheimer, oo ah Hanti-dhowrka, oo ay weheliyaan Guddoomiyaha Gobolka Edwin D. Morgan, waxay shirkadda dharka ee Brooks Brothers ku abaalmariyeen qandaraaska soo saarista 12,000 oo dharka ciidanka Midowga ah. Laga soo bilaabo 1862 ilaa 1864, wuxuu ahaa cashuur-qaade gudaha ah oo ku yaal Buffalo.