Ka kammala wannan magana: Stephens ya yi aiki a matsayin wakili a taron kasa na jam'iyyar Democrat a 1904, 1908,
1920, 1924, da kuma 1932. Lokacin da James P. Latta ya mutu a ofishin, an gudanar da zabe na musamman kuma an zabi Stephens ya cika kujerarsa a Majalisa ta sittin da biyu. An sake zabarsa zuwa Majalisa na sittin da uku, sittin da huɗu, da sittin da biyar da ke aiki daga Nuwamba 7, 1911, zuwa Maris 3, 1919. Ya kasance dan takarar da ba a yi nasara ba don sake zaben a shekarar 1918. Stephens ya sake komawa kasuwancinsa na farko a Nebraska. Ya ci gaba da zama memba na kwamitin ilimi na jihar Nebraska daga 1923 zuwa 1926. Stephens kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban bankin kasa na Stephens; shugaban kamfanin Stephens-Hammond; kuma mataimakin shugaban kungiyar Nebraska State Building and Loan Association. Ya mutu a Fremont, Nebraska, a ranar 13 ga Janairu, 1939, kuma an ƙone gawarsa.