Ku dhammee weedhan soo socota: Intii lagu guda jiray ololihii doorashada 1876 ee u dhexeeyay Samuel J. Tilden iyo Rutherford B. Hayes, Dougherty wuxuu dib ugu soo laabtay nolosha siyaasadeed, isagoo khudbad ka jeediyay magaca Tilden, Dimuqraadiga, ee Cooper Union ee Magaalada New York. Sanadkii 1880 wuxuu ka qeyb galay
Shirweynaha Qaranka ee Dimuqraadiga oo taageero u ah Winfield Scott Hancock oo reer Pennsylvania ah. In kasta oo uusan ka mid ahayn wafdiga, haddana ergay ayaa Dougherty ka tanaasulay booskiisa si uu u oggolaado afhayeenka inuu khudbad ka jeediyo magacaabista Hancock ee magacaabista. Khudbadiisu waxay ahayd mid gaaban, laakiin aad u xoog badan oo lagu ammaanay Hancock: