 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 1872, Franklin akasvikwa nechikamu chePennsylvania neNew Jersey cheDemocratic Party kuti amhanye naHorace Greeley kuti asarudzwe nebato seMutungamiri weUnited States, basa raakaramba, achidudza kudiwa kwekubatana kwebato. Akanga ari nhume kuDemocratic National Convention muna 1876. Munguva yesarudzo yemutungamiri wenyika ya1876, akashanda semusarudzi waSamuel J. Tilden. Muna June 1888, pashure pokurega kwake basa paColt Firearms, akadanwa kuti ave Mutungamiri Mukuru weUnited States weParis Exposition ya1889, apo akaitwa mukuru mukuru weLegion of Honour. Pakati pa1880 na1899, akanga ari purezidhendi weBhodi reVatungamiri veNational Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. 