<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-1871, uStevenson wanqoba uThomas C. McCreery owayesebambelele esihlalweni sakhe eSenate yase-U.S. ngemuva kokugxeka uMcCreery ngokusho ukuthi usekela ukuqokwa kukaStephen G. Burbridge, owayezondwa ngabaningi 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 1880 Democratic National Convention  <response>: futhi wakhethwa njengomongameli we-American Bar Association ngo-1884. Washona eCovington ngo-Agasti 10, 1886, futhi wangcwatshwa eSpring Grove Cemetery eCincinnati, e-Ohio. 