By age 16, Booth was interested in the theater and in politics, and he became a delegate from Bel Air to a rally by the Know Nothing Party for Henry Winter Davis, the anti-immigrant party's candidate for Congress in the 1854 elections.
Pada usia 16, Booth tertarik teater dan dalam politik, menjadi delegasi dari Bel Air ke reli oleh Nothing Partai Tahu untuk Henry Musim Dingin Davis, calon partai anti-imigran untuk Kongres di 1854 pemilihan.