| Office: | Member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey's at-large district |
| Term Start: | March 4, 1831 |
| Term End: | March 3, 1833 |
| Office1: | Member of the New Jersey Legislative Council |
| Term Start1: | 1819 |
| Term End1: | 1822 |
| Office2: | Member of the New Jersey General Assembly |
| Term2: | 1816 |
| Term Start3: | 1812 |
| Term End3: | 1813 |
| Office4: | Sheriff of Essex County, New Jersey |
| Term Start4: | 1813 |
| Term End4: | 1816 |
| Office5: | County Clerk of Essex County |
| Term Start5: | 1804 |
| Term End5: | 1811 |
| Birth Date: | August 18, 1778 |
| Birth Place: | Orange, New Jersey, US |
| Death Date: | November 29, 1861 |
| Death Place: | Newark, New Jersey, US |
| Parents: | John Condit (father) |
| Alma Mater: | Princeton College |
| Party: | Anti-Jacksonian |
| Resting Place: | First 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.
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.
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.
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.
He died in Newark, New Jersey, November 29, 1861, and was interred in that city's First Presbyterian Church Cemetery.[1]
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