Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - Ko Wilmot te Tiamana Tiamana o te Kooti Pennsylvania o Common Pleas mo te Tekau ma toru o nga Rohe Ture mai i te 1851 ki te 1861. I whai wāhi nui ia ki te whakatūnga o te Pāti Reipa i te tau 1854. Ko ia te Tiamana o te komiti kaupapa o te Rōpū Reipa, he karere ki te 1856 Republican National Convention
I mahi kaha a ia mo te kaitono perehitini Republican tuatahi, a John C. Fremont, i te pōtitanga o te tau 1856. He kaitono Reipa kore ia mo te Kawana o Pennsylvania i te 1857, ka ngaro ki a William F. Packer.