Samuel Rossiter Betts (June 8, 1786 – November 3, 1868) was an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as a United States representative from New York and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Samuel Rossiter Betts
New York Southern District Court
Born 1786 in Richmond, MA
Died 1868 in New Haven, CT
FJC ID: 164
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- General Court Martial, New York State Detached MilitiaDivision judge advocate · 1814–present
Judge · 1823–1826- Private practice, Newburgh, New York1817–1823
- Orange County, New YorkDistrict attorney · 1821–1823
- U.S. representative from New York1815–1817
U.S. Army1812–1814- Private practice, Monticello, New York1809–1812
Appointments
1826–1867 · Appointed by John Quincy Adams (Jeffersonian Republican)Term ended: Resignation
Education
- Read law1807
- Williams College1806