Jackson Edward Betts
Republican Representative of Ohio's 8th district
Representative
Ohio, district 8
January 3, 1951 - January 3, 1953
Representative
Ohio, district 8
January 3, 1953 - January 3, 1955
Representative
Ohio, district 8
January 5, 1955 - January 3, 1957
Representative
Ohio, district 8
January 3, 1957 - January 3, 1959
Representative
Ohio, district 8
January 7, 1959 - January 3, 1961
Representative
Ohio, district 8
January 3, 1961 - January 3, 1963
Representative
Ohio, district 8
January 9, 1963 - January 3, 1965
Representative
Ohio, district 8
January 4, 1965 - January 3, 1967
Representative
Ohio, district 8
January 10, 1967 - January 3, 1969
Representative
Ohio, district 8
January 3, 1969 - January 3, 1971
Representative
Ohio, district 8
January 21, 1971 - January 3, 1973
11
Congresses Served
11
House Terms
January 1, 1904 (89 years old)
Birthday
January 1, 1993
Death
- Served as a U.S. House of Representatives member from Ohio for 22 years, from 1951 to 1973.
- Held the position of Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1945 to 1947.
- Practiced law after graduating from Yale Law School in 1929 and served as the prosecuting attorney for Hancock County, Ohio, from 1933 to 1937.
- Elected to the Ohio House of Representatives, serving from 1937 to 1947.
- Voted in favor of significant civil rights legislation, including the Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1960, 1964, and 1968, as well as the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
- After leaving Congress, worked as a part-time teacher at Findlay College and served as an acting judge for Findlay Municipal Court.
- Lived in Findlay, Ohio, for most of his life and passed away there in 1993 at the age of 89.