Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I muri i tana mahi i roto i te Senate, 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 hui a te Kawanatanga o te Kawanatanga i te tau 1879 i Louisville me te tumuaki o te
1880 Democratic National Convention i Cincinnati, Ohio.