Buuxi weedha soo socota:
1856 Shirweynihii Qaranka ee Jamhuuriga, halkaas oo uu ku taageeray Garsoore McLean, sida uu ku sameeyay 1832. Si kastaba ha noqotee, shirku wuxuu magacaabay John C. Frémont, oo uu Stevens si firfircoon u taageeray tartanka ka dhanka ah saaxiibkiis Lancastrian, musharaxa Dimuqraadiga James Buchanan. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, Pennsylvania waxay gacan ka geysatay doorashada Buchanan. Stevens wuxuu dib ugu laabtay ku dhaqanka sharciga, laakiin 1858, madaxweynaha iyo xisbigiisa oo aan caan ahayn iyo qaranka oo ay kala jabeen muranno sida go'aanka Dred Scott, Stevens wuxuu arkay fursad uu ku soo laabto Congress-ka. Isaga oo ah musharaxa Jamhuuriga, si fudud ayaa loo doortay. Wargeysyada Dimuqraadiga ayaa aad ula yaabay. Mid ka mid ah boodhadhka ayaa cinwaan looga dhigay, "Niggerism Triumph".