 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1850, Colley akaenda kuminda yendarama yeCalifornia, asi akadzoka gore rakatevera racho. Muna 1851, akashanda semumwe wevatongi vemakwikwi ekurima pamutambo wekutanga weWisconsin State Fair. Muna 1853, akasarudzwa zvakare kuDare reParamende, panguva ino senhengo yeRepublican Party itsva kuti atsive Whig William D. Murray, achikunda nehuwandu hwevhoti mazana maviri nemakumi maviri nemana pamusoro peyaimbova nhengo yeDemocratic Assemblyman John Hackett. Akasarudzwazve muna 1854; uye akatsiviwa mushure mesarudzo dza1855 nemumwe weRepublican Horatio J. Murray. Muna 1855, akasarudzwa zvakare kuRock County Board, panguva ino kubva kuGuta reBeloit; uye zvakare muna 1859; mugore rekupedzisira aive sachigaro webhodhi, sababa vake muna 1847 na1848. Pane imwe nguva panguva iyi, aivawo mumwe wevatatu-munhu bhodhi akasarudzwa nedunhu bhodhi sezvo Superintendents Varombo, mutariri dunhu varombo imba uye varombo purazi. 