Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A mụrụ Samuel Anderson Purviance na Butler, Pennsylvania. Ọ gara mahadum, gụọ akwụkwọ na-agaghị ewecha oge, mechaakwa gaa gụọ akwụkwọ n'ihe banyere iwu. A nabatara ya n'ụlọikpe n'afọ 1827 wee bido ọrụ na Butler. Ọ kwagara Warren County, Pennsylvania, ma bụrụ ọkàiwu na-ekpe ikpe ruo afọ abụọ. Ọ laghachiri Butler, ebe ọ nọgidere na-eme iwu. Ọ bụ onye nnọchi anya na mgbakọ iwu steeti nke 1837 na 1838. Ọ bụ onye otu ụlọ nnọchiteanya Pennsylvania na 1838 na 1839. Ọ bụ onye nnọchi anya na 1844 Whig National Convention na na Republican National Convention na
1856, 1860, 1864, na 1868.