Silas Betton (August 26, 1768 – January 22, 1822) was an American lawyer, sheriff and politician from the U.S. state of New Hampshire.

He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives, the New Hampshire Senate and the New Hampshire House of Representatives during the late 1700s and early 1800s.

[1] He studied under a private tutor, and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1787.

[4] Elected as a Federalist candidate to the Eighth and Ninth Congresses, he served as a United States Representative for New Hampshire from March 4, 1803, to March 3, 1807.

[5][6] After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law.