Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I uru tuatahi a Stedman ki te tōrangapū hei kaitono ki te Democratic National Convention i te tau 1880
, i whakaingoatia a Winfield Scott Hancock me William Hayden English mo te Perehitini me te Perehitini Tuarua o te United States. I kōwhiria ia hei Kawana Tuarima o North Carolina i te tau 1884, i mahi mai i te tau 1885 ki te 1889, a, kaore i angitu i te whakaingoatanga a te Manapori mo te Kawana o North Carolina i te tau 1888. I neke ia ki Asheville, North Carolina i te 1891 me Greensboro, North Carolina i te 1898, e mahi tonu ana i te ture. I mahi a Stedman hei kaitiaki o te Whare Waananga o North Carolina mai i te 1899 ki te 1915, ko ia te perehitini o te North Carolina Bar Association mai i te 1900 ki te 1901, i kore ano ia e angitu ki te Kawana o North Carolina i te 1903-04, a ko ia te kaiwhakahaere me te perehitini o te North Carolina Railroad mai i te 1909 ki te 1910.