Silas Condit
OfficeMember of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey's at-large district
Term startMarch 4, 1831
Term endMarch 3, 1833
Office 1Member of the New Jersey Legislative Council
Term start 11819
Term end 11822
Office 2Member of the New Jersey General Assembly
Term 21816
Term start 31812
Term end 31813
Office 4Sheriff of Essex County, New Jersey
Term start 41813
Term end 41816
Office 5County Clerk of Essex County
Term start 51804
Term end 51811
Birth dateAugust 18, 1778
Birth placeOrange, New Jersey, US
Death dateNovember 29, 1861
Death placeNewark, New Jersey, US
ParentsJohn Condit (father)
Alma materPrinceton College
PartyAnti-Jacksonian
Resting placeFirst Presbyterian Church and Cemetery, Newark, New Jersey, US

Silas Condit (August 18, 1778 – November 29, 1861) was a U.S. Representative from New Jersey, serving one term from 1831 to 1833.

Early life and career

Condit was born in Orange, New Jersey. He was the son of John Condit. Condit graduated from Princeton College in 1795. He engaged in mercantile pursuits in Orange, and moved to Newark, New Jersey.

Political career

He served as clerk of Essex County from 1804 to 1811, and as Sheriff of Essex County from 1813 to 1816. He served as member of the New Jersey General Assembly in 1812, 1813, and 1816, and served in the New Jersey Legislative Council from 1819 to 1822.

He served as president of the Newark Banking Co. 1820–1842.[citation needed]

Congress

Condit was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-second Congress, serving in office from March 4, 1831 to March 3, 1833. He engaged in banking. He served as delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1844.

Death

He died in Newark, New Jersey, November 29, 1861, and was interred in that city's First Presbyterian Church Cemetery.[1]

References

Notes

  1. ^ Silas Condit, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 23, 2007.

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