Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Xisbiga waxaa aasaasay 1854 kuwa ka soo horjeeda addoonsiga iyo gooni u goosashada ee Jamhuuriyadda, iyadoo cutubka gobolka ee dhowaan la shaaciyay uu ugu horreyn u diray 600 oo ergo oo ka tirsan 600 oo ergo oo ka tirsan
Shirweynihii Qaranka ee Jamhuuriga 1856 Si kastaba ha noqotee, ergooyinka Virginia ayaa ugu dambeyntii ka gaabsaday inay u codeeyaan madaxweynaha, halkii ay ugu codeeyeen William L. Dayton madaxweyne ku-xigeenka; labada musharaxba waxaa ka adkaaday guud ahaan Dimuqraadiyiinta James Buchanan iyo John C. Breckinridge. Ergooyinka Virginia ee kulanka 1860 waxaa markii hore loo kala qaybiyay inta badan Abraham Lincoln iyo in yar oo Simon Cameron ah codbixintii koowaad iyo labaad, iyadoo ergooyinku ay ku heshiiyeen Lincoln codbixintii saddexaad ee madaxweynaha, waxayna u codeeyeen Cassius M. Clay madaxweyne ku xigeenka codbixintii koowaad iyo labaad (Clay waxaa ku guuleystay shirkii Hannibal Hamlin). Inkastoo John Bell iyo Edward Everett oo ka tirsan Xisbiga Midowga Dastuuriga ah, oo ah xisbi ka mid ah Whigs-kii hore ee muxaafidka ahaa ee taageeray addoonsiga laakiin ka soo horjeeday go'doominta, ayaa ku guuleystay Virginia, Tennessee iyo Kentucky, Lincoln iyo Hamlin ayaa ugu dambeyntii ku guuleystay doorashada madaxtinimada.