Career
In 1817, he began publishing the Hamilton Recorder with P. B. Havens. He was Surrogate of Madison County from 1821 to 1827. Stower was elected as a Jacksonian to the 20th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1827, to March 3, 1829.
On April 20, 1829, Stower received a recess appointment from President Andrew Jackson as United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and took up his duties at Key West, Florida.
He resigned in March 1830, before the United States. Senate took a vote on the nomination. He resigned his seat on September 29, 1835.
He was President of the Village of Chittenango, New York from 1847 to 1848. He died of "consumption and pulmonary attack", and was buried at the Madison Street Cemetery in Hamilton.