[2] Following the war, Beatty was in private practice in Missouri at Lexington from 1865 to 1872, also serving as a register in bankruptcy during that time.

He was an Assistant United States Attorney in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, from 1872 to 1882.

[6] On November 21, 1889, Beatty received a recess appointment from President Benjamin Harrison as Chief Justice of the Idaho Territorial Supreme Court.

[4] Beatty's appointment was originally held up by Idaho's two United States Senators, William J. McConnell and George L. Shoup, leading to the failure of his first nomination and a delay in confirmation on his second nomination, but ultimately they abandoned their efforts to stop his appointment.

[9] Beatty lived another twenty years and died at age 91, on October 21, 1927, in Hollywood, California.