[2] He was educated in Vernon, and studied law with Judge Asa Keyes of Brattleboro.
[3] Howe completed his legal studies in the office of William Czar Bradley in Westminster.
[3] Howe spent several years in California in the late 1840s and early 1850s before returning to Brattleboro to reestablish his law practice.
[3] Howe represented Windham County in the Vermont Senate from 1874 to 1875, and he was a delegate to the 1876 Republican National Convention.
[3] In 1880, Howe accepted a federal government position as a pension examiner, which required him to travel throughout New England to verify the details of applications and adjudicate claims.