Background
Condit, Silas was born on August 18, 1778 in Orange, New Jersey, United States. Son of John Condit.
General politician representative
Condit, Silas was born on August 18, 1778 in Orange, New Jersey, United States. Son of John Condit.
Condit graduated from Princeton College in 1795.
He engaged in mercantile pursuits in Orange, and moved to Newark, New Jersey. He served as clerk of Essex County from 1804–1811, and as Sheriff of Essex County from 1813-1816. He served as president of the Newark Banking Company
1820-1842.
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.
Member New Jersey General Assembly, 1812, 13, 16. Member New Jersey Council, 1819-1822. Member United States House of Representatives (Clay Democrat) from New Jersey, 22d Congress, 1831-1833.