Jonathan William Condy (1770–1828) was an American lawyer. At the time of his election as Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, he was a politically well connected young law student, and, backed by the

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, was elected to the office in a close 41–40 vote. He served from 1797 until 1799. Condy was a member of the Philadelphia Bar. In 1796 he wrote a description of the

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. He was a leader of Emanuel Swedenborg's

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in Philadelphia.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Condy, Jonathan 1770 births 1828 deaths 19th-century American lawyers Clerks of the United States House of Representatives Lawyers from Philadelphia