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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New JerseySilas CONDIT
(1778-1861)
CONDIT, Silas, (son of
John Condit), a Representative from New Jersey; born in Orange,
N.J., August 18, 1778; was graduated from Princeton College, New
Jersey, in 1795; engaged in mercantile pursuits in Orange; moved to
Newark, N.J.; clerk of Essex County 1804-1811; sheriff of Essex
County 1813-1816; member of the State general assembly in 1812,
1813, and 1816; served in the State council 1819-1822; president of
the Newark Banking Co. 1820-1842; elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to
the Twenty-second Congress (March 4, 1831-March 3, 1833); engaged
in banking; delegate to the State constitutional convention in
1844; died in Newark, N.J., November 29, 1861; interment in the
cemetery of the First Presbyterian Church.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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