Ka kammala wannan jumla: Bayan ya yi aiki a Majalisar Dattijai, Stevenson ya koma aikinsa na lauya a Covington. Bugu da ƙari, ya yarda da matsayi na koyar da dokar aikata laifuka da kwangila a Jami'ar Cincinnati College of Law. Ya ci gaba da sha'awar siyasa kuma an zabe shi shugaban kwamitin kwaminisanci na Jam'iyyar Democrat na 1879 a Louisville da kuma shugaban kungiyar.
Taron kasa na Jam'iyyar Democrat na 1880 a Cincinnati, Ohio.