Samuel Rossiter Betts

Samuel Rossiter Betts (born June 8, 1787 in Richmond , Massachusetts , † November 2, 1868 in New Haven , Connecticut ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1815 and 1817 he represented the state of New York in the US House of Representatives ; he later became a federal judge in the federal district court for the southern district of New York.

Career

Samuel Betts was born in Berkshire County about four years after the War of Independence ended . He graduated from Williams College , Williamstown in 1806 . Betts studied law in Hudson . He was admitted to the bar in 1807 and then began practicing in Monticello . During the British-American War he served as the Volunteers Judge Advocate .

As an opponent of an overly strong central government, he joined the Democratic-Republican Party founded by Thomas Jefferson at that time . In the congressional elections of 1814 for the 14th Congress he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the seventh constituency of New York , where he succeeded Abraham J. Hasbrouck on March 4, 1815 . Since he on a run again in 1816 renounced, he left the after March 3, 1817 Congress of.

He moved to Newburgh , where he returned to practice as a lawyer. In 1823 he was appointed district judge under the New York Constitution. He was then appointed judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1826 to succeed William P. Van Ness - a position he held until his resignation in 1867. He died in New Haven on November 2, 1868 and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in New York City .

Samuel Rossiter Betts in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

personal data
SURNAME	Betts, Samuel Rossiter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	June 8, 1787
PLACE OF BIRTH	Richmond , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH	November 2, 1868
Place of death	New Haven , Connecticut