Silas Condit

Silas Condit (born August 18, 1778 in Orange , New Jersey , †  November 29, 1861 in Newark , New Jersey) was an American politician . Between 1831 and 1833 he represented the state of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Silas Condit was the son of US Senator John Condit (1755-1834). He attended Princeton College until 1795 and then went into commerce in Orange. He later moved to Newark. Between 1804 and 1811, Condit worked for the county government in Essex County . From 1813 to 1816 he was there as sheriff police chief. He served in the New Jersey General Assembly in 1812, 1813, and 1816 . From 1819 to 1822 he was a member of the New Jersey Legislative Council , the forerunner of the State Senate . Condit was also involved in the banking industry and was President of Newark Banking Co. from 1820 to 1842 .

Politically, Condit joined the movement around President John Quincy Adams in the 1820s and became a member of the National Republican Party . In the congressional election of 1830 he was elected for the sixth seat of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Isaac Pierson on March 4, 1831 . Until March 3, 1833 he was able to complete a legislative period in Congress . Since President Andrew Jackson took office in 1829, the politics of Congress have been heatedly debated inside and outside of Congress. It was about the controversial enforcement of the Indian Removal Act , the conflict with the state of South Carolina , which culminated in the nullification crisis , and the banking policy of the president.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Silas Condit continued to work in the banking industry. In 1844 he was on a commission to revise the New Jersey constitution. He died in Newark on November 29, 1861.

Web links

• Silas Condit in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Silas Condit in the database of Find a Grave (English)