 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Akashanda senhume pakokorodzano yeBumbiro reMitemo reHurumende muna 1867 uye akasarudzwa kuva purezidhendi webhodhi rinotungamirira reRepublican State muna 1867. Akasarudzwa kupinda muSouth Carolina Senate muna 1868, asi akasiya basa musangano usati watanga kutora chigaro muCongress. Akashanda senhume ku1868 Republican National Convention. Pakugamuchirwazve kweSouth Carolina kuUnion, Whittemore akasarudzwa seRepublican kuCongress yechi makumi mana uye makumi mana nerimwe uye akashanda kubva muna Chikunguru 18, 1868, kusvika Kukadzi 24, 1870, paakasiya basa pasi pekutyisidzira kwekudzingwa muImba. 