Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I muri i tana wehenga mai i te General Assembly, ka hoki mai a Archer ki tana tūranga hei kaituhituhi ara i te rohe o Clark County i te 1848 a ka noho ia tae noa ki te 1852. He mema ano hoki ia ki te huihuinga ture o Illinois o te tau 1847 ka ngana ki tetahi atu kore angitu o te Kaunihera hei Whig i te tau 1854, i tenei wa ka ngaro ki a James C. Allen. Whai muri i te angitu o Archer i te whakatau i nga hua o te pooti, i whakahoutia te pooti i te tau 1856, engari i hinga ano ia. I mahi hoki ia hei karere ki te tuatahi
Republican National Convention i te tau 1856, e tautoko ana i te tono a tana hoa a Lincoln mo te whakaingoatanga tuarua-tiamana.