- Jackson Edward Betts
Jackson Edward Betts (
May 26 ,1904 –August 13 ,1993 ) was a Republican member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromOhio .Jackson Edward Betts was born in
Findlay, Ohio . He graduated fromKenyon College inGambier, Ohio , in 1926, and fromYale Law School inNew Haven, Connecticut , in 1929. He was admitted to the bar in 1930, and commenced the practice of law in Findlay, Ohio. He served as prosecuting attorney ofHancock County, Ohio , from 1933 to 1937. He was a member of theOhio House of Representatives from 1937 to 1947, serving as speaker in 1945 and 1946.Betts was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-second and to the ten succeeding Congresses. He was not a candidate in 1972 for reelection to the Ninety-third Congress. He was a part-time teacher at
Findlay College from 1973 to 1983 and acting judge of Findlay Municipal Court from 1981 to 1989. He was a resident of Findlay, Ohio, until his death there on August 13, 1993.ources
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