Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - I te timatanga he Democrat Free Soil, ka noho a Underwood hei Republican i te wa i whakaritea ai te roopu, a ka mahi hei Tiamana o te huihuinga tuatahi o te kawanatanga o Vermont i te tau 1856. I mahi hoki ia hei Kaitohutohu ki te huihuinga a motu Republican tuatahi
i muri mai i taua tau ano.