<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngo-1871, uStevenson wanqoba uThomas C. McCreery owayesebambelele esihlalweni sakhe eSenate yase-U.S. ngemuva kokugxeka uMcCreery ngokumangalela ukusekela ukuqokwa kukaStephen G. Burbridge, owayezondwa iningi labantu baseKentuckians, esikhundleni sikahulumeni. ESenate, wamelana nokuthuthukiswa kwangaphakathi futhi wavikela umbono wokwakha womthethosisekelo, wamelana nemizamo yokwandisa amandla anikezwe ngokucacile kulowo mbhalo. Kusukela ngasekupheleni kuka-1873, uStephenson wasebenza njengosihlalo wokuqala kamuva owabizwa ngokuthi umholi wendawo weqembu leSenate Democratic. Akazange afune ukukhethwa kabusha ngo-1877, wabuyela emkhakheni wakhe wezomthetho futhi wamukela umbusi wesikhathi esizayo waseKentucky uWilliam Goebel njengomlingani wezomthetho. Wayengusihlalo we-  <response>: Ngo-1880 uMhlangano Kazwelonke Wentando Yeningi futhi wakhethwa njengomongameli we-American Bar Association ngo-1884. Washona eCovington ngo-Agasti 10, 1886, futhi wangcwatshwa eSpring Grove Cemetery eCincinnati, e-Ohio. 