Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Gibson tinyere aka na ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị dịka onye otu Whig Party nwere echiche siri ike megide ịgba ohu. N'oge mkpọsa onye isi ala nke United States nke 1844, o kwuru okwu isi maka Henry Clay n'ihi usoro ihe omume nke Whig Party nke megidere ịnabata Texas na Union n'ihi na ọ bụ steeti ohu. Na mkpọsa nke onye isi ala US nke 1848, Gibson kwadoro onye Whig, "Rough and Ready" General Zachary Taylor. Agbanyeghị, ọ na-echegbu onwe ya maka enweghị mmegide nke Whig Party na mkpochapụ ịgba ohu wee leta Henry Clay n'onwe ya n'ụlọ ya dị na Ashland, Kentucky na 1848 iji kwurịta okwu a. Ọ tụfuru dịka onye Whig na-azọ ọkwa Attorney General nke Ohio na 1853. N'afọ 1853, mgbe nnukwu mmeri nke Whig nwa akwukwo General Winfield Scott na US Presidential ntuli aka nke 1852, Gibson tụbara nkwado ya na Free Soil Party wee malite ịhazi ihe ga-aghọ Republican Party na Ohio. Ọ gara nzukọ nzukọ mbụ nke Republican Party n'oge opupu ihe ubi nke 1856 na Pittsburgh. Ọ bụ otu n'ime mmadụ iri isii na itoolu ndị si n'Ohio (n'ime narị mmadụ isii si n'akụkụ niile nke mba ahụ) bụ ndị gara mgbakọ mba mbụ nke ndị Republican
e nwere na Filadelfia na June 1856. N'afọ 1856, ọ gbara ọsọ ma bụrụ onye a họpụtara dịka onye Republican mbụ nke na-arụ ọrụ nke Ohio State Treasurer.