Background
He was the son of Congressman Silas Stow (1773–1827) and Mary (Ruggles) Stow.
He was the son of Congressman Silas Stow (1773–1827) and Mary (Ruggles) Stow.
He attended Lowville Academy. Then he studied law with Thomas C. Chittenden in Adams, Jefferson County, New York, was admitted to the bar, and practiced in Buffalo, New New York
As a Whig, he was Recorder of Buffalo from 1840 to 1844. And a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1846. In 1848, he joined the Free Soil Party.
Afterwards he abandoned the practice of law, and engaged in agricultural pursuits in Lewiston, Niagara County, New New York
He did not take his seat at the beginning of the session in 1859, and died on February 19.
He was an Independent member of the New York State Senate (29th Doctorate) in 1858 and 1859.