New Orleans, Louisiana, and concluded that the election had been fairly conducted in that state. Later life and death After his service in the Senate, Stevenson returned to his law practice in Covington. In addition, he accepted a position teaching criminal law and contracts at the University of Cincinnati College of Law. He remained interested in politics and was chosen chairman of the 1879 Democratic state convention in Louisville and president of the 1880 Democratic National Convention in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1883, the American Bar Association began exploring the concept of dual federalism. Because of his personal acquaintance with James Madison, whom he characterized as a proponent of dual federalism, Stevenson delivered an address on the subject at the Association's annual meeting. Stevenson maintained that Madison believed strongly in the rights of the sovereign states and regarded a Supreme Court appeal as "a remedy for trespass on the reserved rights of the states by unconstitutional acts of Congress." Stevenson was elected its president that year's and his address published. Association member Richard Vaux characterized Stevenson's presidential report reviewing state and federal legislation in 1885 as "most interesting and valuable to the profession". Among the men who studied law under Stevenson in his later years were future U.S. Treasury Secretary John G. Carlisle and future Kentucky Governor William Goebel. Goebel eventually became Stevenson's law partner and the executor of his will. In early August 1886, Stevenson traveled to Sewanee, Tennessee, to attend the commencement ceremonies of Sewanee University. While there, he fell ill and was rushed back to his home in Covington, where he died on August 10, 1886. He was buried in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati. Notes References Bibliography External links Text of Stevenson's protest to Congress for failing to seat the entire Kentucky delegation (pages 2162 to 2171) |- |- |- |- |- |- 1812 births 1886 deaths 19th-century American Episcopalians 19th-century American politicians American lawyers admitted to the practice of law by reading law Burials at Spring Grove Cemetery Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky Democratic Party governors of Kentucky Democratic Party United States senators from Kentucky Kentucky lawyers Lieutenant Governors of Kentucky Democratic Party members of the Kentucky House of Representatives Mississippi lawyers Politicians from Covington, Kentucky Politicians from Richmond, Virginia Presidents of the American Bar Association 1852 United States presidential electors 1856 United States presidential electors University of Virginia