13th United States Congress

Major events

Main article: 1813, 1814, 1815

• September 10, 1813: War of 1812: Battle of Lake Erie
• October 5, 1813: War of 1812: Battle of the Thames
• March 27, 1814: Creek War: Battle of Horseshoe Bend
• July 25, 1814: War of 1812: Battle of Lundy's Lane
• August 25, 1814: War of 1812: Burning of Washington
• September 11, 1814: War of 1812: Battle of Lake Champlain
• September 13, 1814: War of 1812: Bombardment of Fort McHenry at Baltimore
• November 7, 1814: War of 1812: Forces under Gen. Andrew Jackson seized Pensacola
• November 23, 1814: Vice President Elbridge Gerry died
• December 15, 1814: Hartford Convention convened through January 5, 1815, in which New England Federalists met to discuss their grievances concerning the ongoing War of 1812 and the political problems arising from the federal government's increasing power. Despite radical outcries among Federalists for New England secession and a separate peace with Great Britain, moderates outnumbered them and extreme proposals were not a major focus of the debate.
• December 24, 1814: War of 1812: Treaty of Ghent signed
• January 8, 1815: War of 1812: Battle of New Orleans

Major legislation

Main article: List of United States federal legislation#13th United States Congress

Treaties ratified

• February 17, 1815: War of 1812: Senate ratified the Treaty of Ghent,

Party summary

The count below identifies party affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this congress. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.

Senate

House of Representatives

Following the 1810 census, the size of the House was increased to 182 seats from 142.

Leadership

Senate

• President: Elbridge Gerry (DR), until November 23, 1814; thereafter vacant.
• President pro tempore: William H. Crawford (DR), March 4, 1813 – March 23, 1813
  • Joseph B. Varnum (DR), December 6, 1813 – February 3, 1814
  • John Gaillard (DR), from November 25, 1814

House of Representatives

• Speaker: Henry Clay (DR), until January 19, 1814
  • Langdon Cheves, (DR), from January 19, 1814

Members

This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed by class, and representatives are listed by district.

Senate

Main article: List of United States senators in the 13th Congress

Senators were elected by the state legislatures every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress. Preceding the names in the list below are Senate class numbers, which indicate the cycle of their election. In this Congress, Class 1 meant their term ended with this Congress, requiring reelection in 1814; Class 2 meant their term began in the last Congress, requiring reelection in 1816; and Class 3 meant their term began in this Congress, requiring reelection in 1818.

Connecticut

: 1. Samuel W. Dana (F) : 3. Chauncey Goodrich (F), until May 13, 1813 :: David Daggett (F), from May 13, 1813

Delaware

: 1. Outerbridge Horsey (F) : 2. William H. Wells (F), from May 28, 1813

Georgia

: 2. William H. Crawford (DR), until March 23, 1813 :: William B. Bulloch (DR), April 8, 1813 – November 6, 1813 :: William W. Bibb (DR), from November 6, 1813 : 3. Charles Tait (DR)

Kentucky

: 2. George M. Bibb (DR), until August 23, 1814 :: George Walker (DR), August 30, 1814 – December 16, 1814 :: William T. Barry (DR), from December 16, 1814 : 3. Jesse Bledsoe (DR), until December 24, 1814 :: Isham Talbot (DR), from February 2, 1815

Louisiana

: 2. James Brown (DR) : 3. Eligius Fromentin (DR)

Maryland

: 1. Samuel Smith (DR) : 3. Robert H. Goldsborough (F), from May 21, 1813

Massachusetts

: 1. James Lloyd (F), until May 1, 1813 :: Christopher Gore (F), from May 5, 1813 : 2. Joseph Bradley Varnum (DR)

New Hampshire

: 2. Nicholas Gilman (DR), until May 2, 1814 :: Thomas W. Thompson (F), from June 24, 1814 : 3. Charles Cutts (F), April 2, 1813 – June 10, 1813 :: Jeremiah Mason (F), from June 10, 1813

New Jersey

: 1. John Lambert (DR) : 2. John Condit (DR)

New York

: 1. Obadiah German (DR) : 3. Rufus King (F)

North Carolina

: 2. James Turner (DR) : 3. David Stone (DR), until December 24, 1814 :: Francis Locke Jr. (DR), from sometime thereafter (date unknown)

Ohio

: 1. Thomas Worthington (DR), until December 1, 1814 :: Joseph Kerr (DR), from December 10, 1814 : 3. Jeremiah Morrow (DR)

Pennsylvania

: 1. Michael Leib (DR), until February 14, 1814 :: Jonathan Roberts (DR), from February 24, 1814 : 3. Abner Lacock (DR)

Rhode Island

: 1. William Hunter (F) : 2. Jeremiah B. Howell (DR)

South Carolina

: 2. John Taylor (DR) : 3. John Gaillard (DR)

Tennessee

: 1. Joseph Anderson (DR) : 2. George W. Campbell (DR), until February 11, 1814 :: Jesse Wharton (DR), from March 17, 1814

Vermont

: 1. Jonathan Robinson (DR) : 3. Dudley Chase (DR)

Virginia

: 1. Richard Brent (DR), until December 30, 1814 :: James Barbour (DR), from January 2, 1815 : 2. William B. Giles (DR), until March 3, 1815

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House of Representatives

Main article: List of United States representatives in the 13th Congress

Connecticut

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : . Epaphroditus Champion (F) : . John Davenport (F) : . Lyman Law (F) : . Jonathan O. Moseley (F) : . Timothy Pitkin (F) : . Lewis B. Sturges (F) : . Benjamin Tallmadge (F)

Delaware

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : . Thomas Cooper (F) : . Henry M. Ridgely (F)

Georgia

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : . William Barnett (DR) : . William W. Bibb (DR), until November 6, 1813 :: Alfred Cuthbert (DR), from December 13, 1813 : . John Forsyth (DR) : . Bolling Hall (DR) : . Thomas Telfair (DR) : . George M. Troup (DR)

Kentucky

: . James Clark (DR) : . Henry Clay (DR), until January 19, 1814 :: Joseph H. Hawkins (DR), from March 29, 1814 : . Richard M. Johnson (DR) : . Joseph Desha (DR) : . Samuel Hopkins (DR) : . Solomon P. Sharp (DR) : . Samuel McKee (DR) : . Stephen Ormsby (DR), from April 20, 1813 : . Thomas Montgomery (DR) : . William P. Duval (DR)

Louisiana

: . Thomas B. Robertson (DR)

Maryland

The 5th district was a plural district with two representatives. : . Philip Stuart (F) : . Joseph Kent (DR) : . Alexander C. Hanson (F) : . Samuel Ringgold (DR) : . Alexander McKim (DR) : . Nicholas R. Moore (DR) : . Stevenson Archer (DR) : . Robert Wright (DR) : . Charles Goldsborough (F)

Massachusetts

: . Artemas Ward Jr. (F) : . William Reed (F) : . Timothy Pickering (F) : . William M. Richardson (DR), until April 18, 1814 :: Samuel Dana (DR), from September 22, 1814 : . William Ely (F) : . Samuel Taggart (F) : . William Baylies (F) : . John Reed Jr. (F) : . Laban Wheaton (F) : . Elijah Brigham (F) : . Abijah Bigelow (F) : . Daniel Dewey (F), until February 24, 1814 :: John W. Hulbert (F), from November 2, 1814 : . Nathaniel Ruggles (F) : . Cyrus King (F) : . George Bradbury (F) : . Samuel Davis (F) : . Abiel Wood (DR) : . John Wilson (F) : . James Parker (DR) : . Levi Hubbard (DR)

New Hampshire

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : . Bradbury Cilley (F) : . William Hale (F) : . Samuel Smith (F) : . Roger Vose (F) : . Daniel Webster (F) : . Jeduthun Wilcox (F)

New Jersey

There were three plural districts, each had two representatives each. : . Lewis Condict (DR) : . Thomas Ward (DR) : . James Schureman (F) : . Richard Stockton (F) : . William Coxe Jr. (F) : . Jacob Hufty (F), until May 20, 1814 :: Thomas Bines (DR), from November 2, 1814

New York

There were six plural districts, the 1st, 2nd, 12th, 15th, 20th & 21st, each had two representatives. : . John Lefferts (DR) : . Ebenezer Sage (DR) : . Egbert Benson (F), until August 2, 1813 :: William Irving (DR), from January 22, 1814 : . Jotham Post Jr. (F) : . Peter Denoyelles (DR) : . Thomas J. Oakley (F) : . Thomas P. Grosvenor (F) : . Jonathan Fisk (DR) : . Abraham J. Hasbrouck (DR) : . Samuel Sherwood (F) : . John Lovett (F) : . Hosea Moffitt (F) : . John W. Taylor (DR) : . Zebulon R. Shipherd (F) : . Elisha I. Winter (F) : . Alexander Boyd (F) : . Jacob Markell (F) : . John M. Bowers (F), from June 21, 1813, until December 20, 1813 :: Isaac Williams Jr. (DR), from January 24, 1814 : . Joel Thompson (F) : . Morris S. Miller (F) : . William S. Smith (F) : . Moss Kent (F) : . James Geddes (F) : . Daniel Avery (DR) : . Oliver C. Comstock (DR) : . Samuel M. Hopkins (F) : . Nathaniel W. Howell (F)

North Carolina

: . William H. Murfree (DR) : . Willis Alston (DR) : . William Kennedy (DR) : . William Gaston (F) : . William R. King (DR) : . Nathaniel Macon (DR) : . John Culpepper (F) : . Richard Stanford (DR) : . Bartlett Yancey (DR) : . Joseph Pearson (F) : . Peter Forney (DR) : . Israel Pickens (DR) : . Meshack Franklin (DR)

Ohio

: . John McLean (DR) : . John Alexander (DR) : . William Creighton Jr. (DR), from May 4, 1813 : . James Caldwell (DR) : . James Kilbourne (DR) : . Reasin Beall (DR), from April 20, 1813, until June 7, 1814 :: David Clendenin (DR), from October 11, 1814

Pennsylvania

There were six plural districts, the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th & 10th had two representatives each, the 1st had four representatives. : . William Anderson (DR) : . John Conard (DR) : . Charles J. Ingersoll (DR) : . Adam Seybert (DR) : . Roger Davis (DR) : . Jonathan Roberts (DR), until February 24, 1814 :: Samuel Henderson (F), from October 11, 1814 : . John Gloninger (F), until August 2, 1813 :: Edward Crouch (DR), from October 12, 1813 : . James Whitehill (DR), until September 1, 1814 :: Amos Slaymaker (F), from October 11, 1814 : . Hugh Glasgow (DR) : . William Crawford (DR) : . Robert Whitehill (DR), until April 8, 1813 :: John Rea (DR), from May 11, 1813 : . Robert Brown (DR) : . Samuel D. Ingham (DR) : . John M. Hyneman (DR), until August 2, 1813 :: Daniel Udree (DR), from October 12, 1813 : . William Piper (DR) : . David Bard (DR) : . Jared Irwin (DR) : . Isaac Smith (DR) : . William Findley (DR) : . Aaron Lyle (DR) : . Isaac Griffin (DR), from May 24, 1813 : . Adamson Tannehill (DR) : . Thomas Wilson (DR), from May 14, 1813

Rhode Island

Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : . Richard Jackson Jr. (F) : . Elisha R. Potter (F)

South Carolina

: . Langdon Cheves (DR) : . William Lowndes (DR) : . Theodore Gourdin (DR) : . John J. Chappell (DR) : . David R. Evans (DR) : . John C. Calhoun (DR) : . Elias Earle (DR) : . Samuel Farrow (DR) : . John Kershaw (DR)

Tennessee

: . John Rhea (DR) : . John Sevier (DR) : . Thomas K. Harris (DR) : . John H. Bowen (DR) : . Felix Grundy (DR), until July 1814 :: Newton Cannon (DR), from September 16, 1814 : . Parry W. Humphreys (DR)

Vermont

All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket. : . William C. Bradley (DR) : . Ezra Butler (DR) : . James Fisk (DR) : . Charles Rich (DR) : . Richard Skinner (DR) : . William Strong (DR)

Virginia

: . John G. Jackson (DR) : . Francis White (F) : . John Smith (DR) : . William McCoy (DR) : . James Breckinridge (F) : . Daniel Sheffey (F) : . Hugh Caperton (F) : . Joseph Lewis Jr. (F) : . John P. Hungerford (DR) : . Aylett Hawes (DR) : . John Dawson (DR), until March 31, 1814 :: Philip P. Barbour (DR), from September 19, 1814 : . John Roane (DR) : . Thomas M. Bayly (F) : . William A. Burwell (DR) : . John Kerr (DR) : . John W. Eppes (DR) : . James Pleasants (DR) : . Thomas Gholson Jr. (DR) : . Peterson Goodwyn (DR) : . James Johnson (DR) : . Thomas Newton Jr. (DR) : . Hugh Nelson (DR) : . John Clopton (DR)

Non-voting delegates

: . Shadrach Bond, until August 2, 1813 :: Benjamin Stephenson, from November 14, 1814 : . Jonathan Jennings : . William Lattimore : . Edward Hempstead, until September 17, 1814 :: Rufus Easton, from September 17, 1814

Changes in membership

The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.

Senate

• Replacements: 9
  • Democratic-Republicans: 2 seat net loss
  • Federalists: 2 seat net gain
• Deaths: 2
• Resignations: 10
• Interim appointments: 3
• Vacancies: 3
• Total seats with changes: 15

Sorted Chronologically by date of vacancy

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|- | New Hampshire (3) | Vacant | Legislature had failed to elect a Senator. Successor was appointed April 2, 1813 to continue the term. | | Charles Cutts (DR) | Appointed April 2, 1813

|- | Maryland (3) | Vacant | Legislature had failed to elect a Senator. Successor was elected late May 21, 1813 to finish the term. | | Robert H. Goldsborough (F) | Seated May 21, 1813

|- | Delaware (2) | Vacant | James A. Bayard (F) resigned at the end of the previous Congress. Successor elected May 28, 1813 to finish the term. | | William H. Wells (F) | Seated May 28, 1813

|- | Georgia (2) | | William H. Crawford (DR) | Resigned March 23, 1813. Successor appointed April 8, 1813, to continue the term. | | William Bulloch (DR) | Seated April 8, 1813

|- | Connecticut (3) | | Chauncey Goodrich (F) | Resigned May 1813 to become Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut. Successor elected May 13, 1813, to finish the term. | | David Daggett (F) | Seated May 13, 1813

|- | Massachusetts (1) | | James Lloyd (F) | Resigned May 1, 1813. Successor elected May 5, 1813. | | Christopher Gore (F) | Seated May 5, 1813

|- | New Hampshire (3) | | Charles Cutts (DR) | Interim appointee was not elected. Successor elected June 10, 1813. | | Jeremiah Mason (F) | Seated June 10, 1813

|- | Georgia (2) | | William Bulloch (DR) | Interim appointee was not elected to finish the term. Successor elected November 6, 1813 to finish the term. | | William W. Bibb (DR) | Seated November 6, 1813

|- | Tennessee (2) | | George W. Campbell (DR) | Resigned February 11, 1814 after being appointed US Secretary of the Treasury. Successor appointed March 17, 1814, to continue the term. | | Jesse Wharton (DR) | Seated March 17, 1814

|- | Pennsylvania (1) | | Michael Leib (DR) | Resigned February 14, 1814 after becoming Postmaster of Philadelphia. Successor elected February 24, 1814, to finish term. | | Jonathan Roberts (DR) | Seated February 24, 1814

|- | New Hampshire (2) | | Nicholas Gilman (DR) | Died May 2, 1814. Successor elected June 24, 1814, to finish the term. | | Thomas W. Thompson (F) | Seated June 24, 1814

|- | Kentucky (2) | | George M. Bibb (DR) | Resigned August 23, 1814. Successor appointed August 30, 1814, to continue the term. | | George Walker (DR) | Seated August 30, 1814

|- | Ohio (1) | | Thomas Worthington (DR) | Resigned December 1, 1814 after being elected Governor. Successor elected December 10, 1814, to finish the term ending. | | Joseph Kerr (DR) | Seated December 10, 1814

|- | Kentucky (2) | | George Walker (DR) | Interim appointee was not elected to finish term. Successor elected December 16, 1814 to finish term. | | William T. Barry (DR) | Seated December 16, 1814

|- | North Carolina (3) | | David Stone (DR) | Resigned December 24, 1814. Successor elected December 24, 1814, to finish the term, but failed to qualify. | | Francis Locke Jr. | Never seated for failing to qualify

|- | Kentucky (3) | | Jesse Bledsoe (DR) | Resigned December 24, 1814. Successor elected February 2, 1815, to finish the term. | | Isham Talbot (DR) | Seated February 2, 1815

|- | Virginia (1) | | Richard Brent (DR) | Died December 30, 1814. Winner elected January 2, 1815, to finish term, having already won election to the next term. | | James Barbour (DR) | Seated January 2, 1815

|- | Virginia (2) | | William B. Giles (DR) | Resigned March 3, 1815. Successor was not elected until the next Congress.

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House of Representatives

• Replacements: 13
  • Democratic-Republicans: 17-seat net gain
  • Federalists: 2-seat net loss
• Deaths: 6
• Resignations: 13
• Contested election: 1
• Vacancies: 4
• Total seats with changes: 19

Sorted Chronologically by date of vacancy

Main article: List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives

|- | | Vacant | | Stephen Ormsby (DR)

| | Vacant | | Reasin Beall (DR)

| | Vacant | | Thomas Wilson (DR)

| | Vacant | | Isaac Griffin (DR)

| | Vacant | | John M. Bowers (F)

| | Vacant | | William Creighton Jr. (DR)

| | | Robert Whitehill (DR) | | John Rea (DR)

| | | Egbert Benson (F) | | William Irving (DR)

| | | John Gloninger (F) | | Edward Crouch (DR)

| | | John M. Hyneman (DR) | | Daniel Udree (DR)

| | Shadrach Bond | Benjamin Stephenson

| | | William W. Bibb (DR) | | Alfred Cuthbert (DR)

| | | John M. Bowers (F) | | Isaac Williams Jr. (DR)

| | | Felix Grundy (DR) | | Newton Cannon (DR)

| | | Henry Clay (DR) | | Joseph H. Hawkins (DR)

| | | Daniel Dewey (F) | | John W. Hulbert (F)

| | | Jonathan Roberts (DR) | | Samuel Henderson (F)

| | | John Dawson (DR) | | Philip P. Barbour (DR)

| | | William M. Richardson (DR) | | Samuel Dana (DR)

| | | Jacob Hufty (F) | | Thomas Bines (DR)

| | | Reasin Beall (DR) | | David Clendenin (DR)

| | | James Whitehill (DR) | | Amos Slaymaker (F)

| | Edward Hempstead | Rufus Easton | Seated November 16, 1814 |}

Committees

Lists of committees and their party leaders.

Senate

• Army Supply Contracts (Select) (Chairman: N/A)
• Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate (Chairman: Michael Leib)
• Engrossed Bills (Chairman: Jeremiah B. Howell)
• National University (Chairman: N/A)
• Whole

House of Representatives

• Accounts (Chairman: Israel Pickens then Nicholas R. Moore then John Kershaw)
• Banks of the District of Columbia (Select)
• Claims (Chairman: Stevenson Archer then Bartlett Yancey)
• Commerce and Manufactures (Chairman: Thomas Newton Jr.)
• District of Columbia (Chairman: John Dawson)
• Elections (Chairman: James Fisk)
• Judiciary (Chairman: Charles J. Ingersoll)
• Pensions and Revolutionary War Claims (Chairman: Samuel D. Ingham then John J. Chappell)
• Post Office and Post Roads (Chairman: John Rhea)
• Public Expenditures (Chairman: James Pleasants then Nathaniel Macon)
• Public Lands (Chairman: Samuel McKee)
• Revisal and Unfinished Business (Chairman: Willis Alston then Lewis Condict then Richard Stanford)
• Rules (Select)
• Standards of Official Conduct
• Ways and Means (Chairman: John W. Eppes)
• Whole

Joint committees

• Enrolled Bills (Chairman: N/A)
• The Library (Chairman: N/A)

Employees

• Librarian of Congress: Patrick Magruder

Senate

• Chaplain: John Brackenridge (Presbyterian), until September 27, 1814
  • Jesse Lee, Methodist, elected September 27, 1814
• Secretary: Samuel A. Otis, until April 22, 1814
  • Charles Cutts, elected October 12, 1814
• Sergeant at Arms: Mountjoy Bayly

House of Representatives

• Chaplain: Jesse Lee (Methodist), until September 27, 1814
  • Obadiah B. Brown (Baptist), elected September 27, 1814
• Clerk: Patrick Magruder, until January 30, 1815
  • Thomas Dougherty, elected January 30, 1815
• Doorkeeper: Thomas Claxton
• Reading Clerks:
• Sergeant at Arms: Thomas Dunn

Notes

References

References

1. (2010). "Guide to US Elections". [[CQ Press]].