Samuel Rossiter Betts
Personal
Birthday:
6/8/1786
Birthplace:
Richmond, MA
Date of Death:
11/3/1868
Place of Death:
New Haven, CT
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior Employment:
Private practice, Monticello, New York, 1809-1812
U.S. Army, 1812-1814
Division judge advocate, General Court Martial, New York State Detached Militia, 1814-
U.S. representative from New York, 1815-1817
Private practice, Newburgh, New York, 1817-1823
District attorney, Orange County, New York, 1821-1823
Judge, Supreme Court of Judicature of New York, Circuit Court Branch, 1823-1826
Education
Name of School:
Williams College
Degree Year:
1806
Name of School - Second:
Read law
Degree Year - Second:
1807 Judicial Career
Court Name:
U. S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Court Name:
New York Southern District Court
President Nominating:
John Quincy Adams
Party Affiliation of President:
Jeffersonian Republican
Commission Date:
12/21/1826
Termination Date:
04/30/1867
Termination Reason:
Resignation