Whakamahia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko Black te mema o te Pāti Reipa i te timatanga, engari he tino kaha ki te mahi anti-waipiro, i uru atu ki te nekehanga o Washington i a ia e tamariki tonu ana. I uru ia ki te Pāti Manapori i te tuatahi, engari i te tau 1854 i uru ia ki te hanganga o te Pāti Reipa, ā, i muri mai ka noho hei māngai ki te Rūnanga o te Rūnanga o te Rūnanga.
1856 Republican National Convention i reira i pooti ai ia ki te hoatu ki a John C. Frémont te tohu Republican.