Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Wilmot bụ Onye isi ikpe nke Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas maka mpaghara ikpe nke iri na atọ site na 1851 ruo 1861. O keere òkè dị mkpa na ntọala nke Republican Party na 1854. Ọ bụ onye isi oche nke Kọmitii Platform nke Republican Party, bụ onye nnọchiteanya na
1856 Republican National Convention ma rụsie ọrụ ike maka onye isi ala Republican mbụ, John C. Fremont, na ntuli aka nke 1856. Ọ bụ onye na-enweghị ihe ịga nke ọma na Republican maka Gọvanọ nke Pennsylvania na 1857, na-efunahụ William F. Packer.