Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Xisbiga Jamhuuriga waxaa la aasaasay 1854, isagoo ka jawaabaya Sharciga Kansas-Nebraska. Mowqifkeeda ka soo horjeedka addoonsiga ayaa soo jiidatay Seward, laakiin wuxuu u baahday qaab dhismeedka Whig ee New York si dib loogu doorto. Bishii Sebtember 1855, xisbiyada Whig iyo Jamhuuriga ee New York waxay yeesheen shirar isku mar ah oo si dhakhso leh ugu midoobay hal. Seward wuxuu ahaa shaqsigii ugu caansanaa ee ku biiray xisbiga cusub waxaana looga hadlay inuu noqon karo musharax madaxweyne 1856. Weed, si kastaba ha noqotee, uma dareemin in xisbiga cusubi uu ahaa mid xoog leh oo ku filan heer qaran si loo xaqiijiyo madaxtinimada, wuxuuna kula taliyay Seward inuu sugo illaa 1860. Markii magaca Seward lagu xusay
Shirweynihii Jamhuuriga ee sanadkii 1856 aad bay u soo dhaweeyeen. Doorashadii madaxweynenimada ee 1856, musharaxii Dimuqraadiga, Senatorkii hore ee Pennsylvania James Buchanan, wuxuu ka adkaaday Jamhuuriga, Senatorkii hore ee California John C. Frémont, iyo musharaxii aan waxba ogayn, madaxweynihii hore Fillmore.