Samuel R. Betts

Samuel Rossiter Betts (June 8, 1787 - November 2, 1868) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in Richmond, Massachusetts, Betts was graduated from Williams College in 1806.He studied law in Hudson, New York.He was admitted to the bar in 1807 and commenced practice in Monticello, New York.He served as judge advocate of Volunteers in the War of 1812.

Betts was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fourteenth Congress (March 4, 1815-March 3, 1817).He was not a candidate for renomination in 1816.He moved to Newburgh, New York, where he continued the practice of law.He was appointed circuit judge under the new State constitution in 1823.He was appointed and subsequently elected judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and served from 1826 until 1867, when he resigned.He died in New Haven, Connecticut, November 2, 1868.He was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery in New York City.

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