Jackson Edward Betts

Jackson Edward Betts

c. 1955
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 8th district
In office
January 3, 1951  January 3, 1973
Preceded by Frederick Cleveland Smith
Succeeded by Walter E. Powell
Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives
In office
January 1, 1945  January 5, 1947
Preceded by William M. McCulloch
Succeeded by C. William O'Neill
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
In office
1937–1947
Personal details
Born (1904-05-26)May 26, 1904
Findlay, Ohio
Died August 13, 1993(1993-08-13) (aged 89)
Findlay, Ohio
Political party Republican
Alma mater Kenyon College
Yale Law School

Jackson Edward Betts (May 26, 1904 – August 13, 1993) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio.

Jackson Edward Betts was born in Findlay, Ohio. He graduated from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, in 1926, and from Yale Law School in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1929. He was admitted to the bar in 1930, and commenced the practice of law in Findlay, Ohio. He served as prosecuting attorney of Hancock County, Ohio, from 1933 to 1937. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1937 to 1947, serving as speaker in 1945 and 1946.

Betts was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-second and to the ten succeeding Congresses. He was not a candidate in 1972 for reelection to the Ninety-third Congress. He was a part-time teacher at Findlay College from 1973 to 1983 and acting judge of Findlay Municipal Court from 1981 to 1989. He was a resident of Findlay, Ohio, until his death there on August 13, 1993.

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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Frederick C. Smith
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 8th congressional district

1951–1973
Succeeded by
Walter E. Powell
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