 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Howard akaramba achishingaira muRepublican Party zvematongerwo enyika, achishanda semusarudzi musarudzo dzemutungamiri wenyika dza1872 dzakapa nguva yechipiri kuna Ulysses S. Grant. Muna 1873, Howard akasarudzwa kuva wekutanga wematemu maviri akateedzana saGavhuna weRhode Island. Akaramba kutsvaka nguva yechitatu. Muna 1876, akashanda zvakare senhume kuNational Republican Convention, uye muna 1878 akasarudzwa neMutungamiri Rutherford B. Hayes semubatsiri wekomisheni kuParis Exposition. 