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 .
Web links
- Samuel Rossiter Betts in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
- Samuel Rossiter bed in the database of Find a Grave (English)
- Samuel Rossiter Betts in the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
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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 |