Silas Condit (August 18, 1778 – November 29, 1861) was a

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from

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, serving one term from 1831 to 1833.

Early life and career

Condit was born in

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. He was the son of

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. Condit graduated from Princeton College in 1795. He engaged in mercantile pursuits in Orange, and moved to

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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

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in 1812, 1813, and 1816, and served in the

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from 1819 to 1822. He served as president of the Newark Banking Co. 1820–1842.

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

, November 29, 1861, and was interred in that city's First Presbyterian Church Cemetery.Silas Condit

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. Accessed August 23, 2007.

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