sentences:  He was subsequently elected to the Common Council in 1842, where he served for four years until election to the Board of Aldermen in 1846.With the collapse of the Whig Party in 1852, Towers joined the Know-Nothing movement, the political party defined by its opposition to rights for immigrants and Roman Catholics.Banking on his strength as a member of city government and his reputation as a printer, the Know-Nothings put Towers up for mayor against incumbent John Walker Maury in 1854.