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Betts, Samuel Rossiter

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born June 8, 1787, in Richmond, Mass. He took part in the war of 1812, and was appointed judge advocate. He was a representative in congress from New York from 1815 to 1817; in 1823 was appointed a circuit judge for the state; and in 1826 was appointed judge of the United States district court for the southern district of New York, which office he continued to hold until May, 1867. He was the author of Admiralty Practice. He died Oct. 3, 1868, in New Haven, Conn.