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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkSamuel Rossiter BETTS
(1787-1868)
BETTS, Samuel Rossiter, a
Representative from New York; born in Richmond, Berkshire County,
Mass., June 8, 1787; was graduated from Williams College,
Williamstown, Mass., in 1806; studied law in Hudson, N.Y.; was
admitted to the bar in 1807 and commenced practice in Monticello,
Sullivan County, N.Y.; served as judge advocate of Volunteers in
the War of 1812; elected as a Republican to the Fourteenth Congress
(March 4, 1815-March 3, 1817); was not a candidate for renomination
in 1816; moved to Newburgh, Orange County, N.Y., where he continued
the practice of law; appointed circuit judge under the new State
constitution in 1823; 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; died in New
Haven, Conn., November 2, 1868; interment in Woodlawn Cemetery, New
York City.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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