 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Fillmore paakadzokera kumusha kuBuffalo, akanga asina chikonzero chokutaura, uye nhimbe yake yakamira mukati mezhizha uye kuwa kwa1856. Vanhu vaiita zvematongerwe enyika vaimbova maWhigs, vakadai saWeed, vaiwanzobatana neRepublican Party, uye maKnow Nothings akanga asina ruzivo rwekutengesa chero chinhu kunze kwekuda nyika. Nokudaro, chimiro chaFillmore chokutsigira Union chakanga chisinganzwiki. Kunyange zvazvo Maodzanyemba akanga ane ushamwari kuna Fillmore, vanhu vakawanda vakatya kuti kukunda kwaFremont kwaizotungamirira kukuparadzana, uye vamwe vevaya vaitsigira Fillmore vakatamira mumusasa waBuchanan nokuda kwokutya kuparadzanisa vhoti inorwisana naFremont, iyo ingasarudza Republican. Scarry akataura kuti zviitiko zva1856, kubatanidza kurwisanamuKansas Territory uye kurohwa kwaCharles Sumner nechitanda muSeneti, kwakaparadzanisa rudzi uye kwakaita kuti chimiro chaFillmore chisinganyanyi kuderera chive chisina basa. 