Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I muri i tana mahi i te Rōpū Kaunihera, ka hoki a Stevenson ki tana mahi ture i Covington. Hei taapiri, i whakaae ia ki te whakaako i te ture whiu me nga kirimana i te Whare Wananga o Cincinnati College of Law. I noho tonu ia ki te kaupapa tōrangapū, a, ko ia te tumuaki o te huihuinga a te Democratic State i Louisville i te tau 1879 me te tumuaki o te Democratic National Convention i te tau 1880
i Cincinnati, Ohio.