 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Munguva yekuzorora kwedare rekubvisa, maRepublicans akasangana mukokorodzanomuChicago uye vakasarudza Grant kuti ave purezidhendi. Stevens haana kupinda uye akashamiswa nekubviswa kwekodzero yeAfrica-America kubva pachirongwa chebato sezvo pesvedzero yakasimba yakatanga kupera muRepublican Party. Apo Seneti yakadzokera kumusangano, yakavhotera pasi Magwaro II naIII noruzhinji rwakafanana 3519 sezvayakanga yaita kare, uye Chase akazivisa kuti Mutungamiriri wenyika akanga asina mhaka. Stevens haana kurega pfungwa yekubvisa Johnson; muna Chikunguru, akapa zvimwe zvinyorwa zvekubvisa Imba yakaramba kuvagamuchira. Akapa bhiri rokukamura Texas kuva zvikamu zvinoverengeka kuti awane mamwe maseneta eRepublican kuti vhote Johnson. Yakakundwa; Herald yakataura kuti, Zvinosuruvarisa kuona uyu murume akwegura, ane tsoka imwe muguva, achitevera Mutungamiriri wenyika nokutsiva kwakadaro. Kunyange zvakadaro, Stevens akaronga kudzokorora mubvunzo wokubviswa pachigaro apo Congress yakasanganazve mukupera kwa1868. 