Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Shaqada Blaine ee saxafiga Jamhuuriga waxay si dabiici ah ugu horseeday ku lug lahaanshaha siyaasada xisbiga Jamhuuriga. Sanadkii 1856, waxaa loo doortay inuu wakiil ka noqdo
Shirkii ugu horeeyay ee xisbiga Jamhuuriga. Laga soo bilaabo maalmihii ugu horreeyay ee xisbiga, Blaine waxaa lagu aqoonsaday garabka muxaafidka ah, isagoo taageeray Garsooraha Maxkamadda Sare John McLean ee magacaabista madaxweynaha ee John C. Frémont, oo ah musharaxa ugu dambeeya. Sannadkii xigay, Blaine waxaa loo soo bandhigay inuu noqdo tifaftiraha "Portland Daily Advertiser", oo uu aqbalay, isagoo iibinaya danahiisa "Journal" wax yar ka dib. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, wuxuu sii waday gurigiisa Augusta, oo ay la socdaan qoyskiisa sii kordhaya. Inkasta oo uu wiilkii ugu horreeyay ee Blaine, Stanwood, uu dhintay isagoo ilmo yar ah, isaga iyo Harriet waxay dhaleen laba wiil oo kale wax yar ka dib: Walker, 1855, iyo Emmons, 1857. Waxay dhaleen afar carruur ah sanadaha soo socda: Alice, James, Margaret, iyo Harriet. Waxay ahayd waqtigaas in Blaine uu ka tagay kaniisadda Presbyterian ee carruurnimadiisii wuxuuna ku biiray kaniisadda cusub ee xaaskiisa, isagoo xubin ka noqday Kaniisadda South Parish Congregational Church ee Augusta.