Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Stedman buru ụzọ tinye aka na ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị dịka onye nnọchiteanya na
1880 Democratic National Convention, nke họpụtara Winfield Scott Hancock na William Hayden English maka Onye isi ala na osote onye isi ala nke United States. A họpụtara ya dịka onye osote gọvanọ nke ise nke North Carolina na 1884, na-eje ozi site na 1885 ruo 1889, ma na-enweghị ihe ịga nke ọma maka nhọpụta Democratic maka Gọvanọ nke North Carolina na 1888. Ọ kwagara Asheville, North Carolina na 1891 na Greensboro, North Carolina na 1898, na-aga n'ihu na-arụ ọrụ iwu. Stedman jere ozi dị ka onye nlekọta nke Mahadum nke North Carolina site na 1899 ruo 1915, bụ onye isi oche nke North Carolina Bar Association site na 1900 ruo 1901, bụ onye ọzọ na-enweghị ihe ịga nke ọma maka Gọvanọ nke North Carolina na 1903-04, ma bụrụ onye nduzi na onye isi oche nke North Carolina Railroad site na 1909 ruo 1910.