Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I Wisconsin, ka uru a Chase ki te tōrangapū. I tae atu ia ki te Huihuinga ā-Motu o te Rōpū Reipa tuatahi
i te tau 1856 hei mema o te roopu mai i Wisconsin. I whakaingoatia e te huihuinga a John C. Frémont hei kaitono Republican mo te perehitini i te pooti 1856. I taua tau ano, i rere a Chase mo te Wisconsin State Senate a ka pootihia ki te wa e rua tau, e tohu ana i te rohe o Racine.