13th United States Congress
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The Thirteenth United States Congress was a meeting of the United States national legislature, comprised of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1813 to March 3, 1815, during the first two years of the second administration of U.S. President James Madison.
The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Third Census of the United States in 1810. Both chambers had a Democratic-Republican majority.
[edit] Dates of sessions
- First session: May 24, 1813 - August 2, 1813
- Second session: December 6, 1813 - April 18, 1814
- Third session: September 19, 1814 - March 3, 1815 — a lame duck session
Previous congress: 12th Congress
Next congress: 14th Congress
[edit] Major events
- Main article: Events of 1813; Events of 1814; Events of 1815
- October 5, 1813 – War of 1812, The Battle of the Thames took place.
- September 10, 1814 – War of 1812, The Battle of Lake Erie took place.
- March 27, 1814 – Creek War, The Battle of Horseshoe Bend took place.
- July 25, 1814 – War of 1812, The Battle of Lundy's Lane took place.
- August 25, 1814 – War of 1812, The Burning of Washington took place.
- September 11, 1814 – War of 1812, The Battle of Lake Champlain took place.
- September 13, 1814 – War of 1812, The bombardment of Fort McHenry at Baltimore.
- November 7, 1814 – War of 1812, Andrew Jackson seizes Pensacola.
- December 15, 1814 – Hartford Convention convened.
- December 24, 1814 – War of 1812, Treaty of Ghent was signed.
- January 8, 1815 – War of 1812, At the Battle of New Orleans Andrew Jackson defeated British General Edward Pakenham.
[edit] Major legislation
- February 17, 1815 – War of 1812, United States ratified the Treaty of Ghent.
[edit] Party summary
The count below reflects affiliations at the beginning of the first session of this congress, with the addition of members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Subsequent changes are reflected below in the "Changes in Membership" section.
[edit] Senate
- Democratic-Republican: 28 (majority)
- Federalist: 8
TOTAL members: 36
[edit] House of Representatives
- Democratic-Republican: 114 (majority)
- Federalist: 68
TOTAL members: 182
[edit] Leadership
[edit] Senate
- Vice President of the United States (President of the Senate):
- Elbridge Gerry, Democratic-Republican of Massachusetts, died November 23, 1814, thereafter vacant.
- President pro tempore of the Senate:
- Joseph B. Varnum, Democratic-Republican of Massachusetts, elected December 6, 1813.
- John Gaillard, Democratic-Republican of South Carolina, first elected April 18, 1814.
[edit] House of Representatives
- Speaker of the House
- Henry Clay, Democratic-Republican of Kentucky, elected May 24, 1813.
[edit] Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.
- See also: 13th United States Congress - Political Parties
- See also: 13th United States Congress - State Delegations
- See also: United States House election, 1812
[edit] Senate
At this time, 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
- 3. Chauncey Goodrich (Fed.) …resigned May 12, 1813.
- David Daggett (Fed.) …elected to fill vacancy, May 13, 1813.
- 1. Samuel W. Dana (Fed.)
- Delaware
- 1. Outerbridge Horsey (Fed.)
- 2. William H. Wells (Fed.) …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, May 28, 1813.
- Georgia
- 2. William H. Crawford (Dem.-Rep.) …resigned March 23, 1813.
- William B. Bulloch (Dem.-Rep.) …appointed to fill vacancy, April 8, 1813.
- William W. Bibb (Dem.-Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, November 6, 1813.
- 3. Charles Tait (Dem.-Rep.)
- Kentucky
- 2. George M. Bibb (Dem.-Rep.) …resigned August 23, 1814.
- George Walker (Dem.-Rep.) …appointed to fill vacancy, August 30, 1814.
- William T. Barry (Dem.-Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, December 16, 1814.
- 3. Jesse Bledsoe (Dem.-Rep.) …resigned December 24, 1814.
- Isham Talbot (Dem.-Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, January 5, 1815.
- Louisiana
- 2. James Brown (Dem.-Rep.)
- 3. Eligius Fromentin (Dem.-Rep.)
- Maryland
- 1. Samuel Smith (Dem.-Rep.)
- 3. Robert H. Goldsborough (Fed.) …elected to fill vacancy in class, May 21, 1813.
- Massachusetts
- 1. James Lloyd (Fed.) …resigned May 1, 1813.
- Christopher Gore (Fed.) …appointed May 5, 1813, subsequently elected.
- 2. Joseph B. Varnum (Dem.-Rep.)
- New Hampshire
- 2. Nicholas Gilman (Dem.-Rep.) …died May 2, 1814.
- Thomas W. Thompson (Fed.) …elected to fill vacancy, June 24, 1814.
- 3. Charles Cutts (Dem.-Rep.) …appointed to fill vacancy in class, March 4, 1813.
- Jeremiah Mason (Fed.) …elected to fill vacancy, June 10, 1813.
- New Jersey
- 1. John Lambert (Dem.-Rep.)
- 2. John Condit (Dem.-Rep.)
- New York
- 1. Obadiah German (Dem.-Rep.)
- 3. Rufus King (Fed.)
- North Carolina
- 2. James Turner (Dem.-Rep.)
- 3. David Stone (Dem.-Rep.) …resigned December 24, 1814.
- Francis Locke (Dem.-Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, December 25, 1814, but did not qualify.
- Ohio
- 1. Thomas Worthington (Dem.-Rep.) …resigned December 1, 1814.
- Joseph Kerr (Dem.-Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, December 10, 1814.
- 3. Jeremiah Morrow (Dem.-Rep.)
- Pennsylvania
- 1. Michael Leib (Dem.-Rep.) …resigned February 14, 1814.
- Jonathan Roberts (Dem.-Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, February 24, 1814.
- 3. Abner Lacock (Dem.-Rep.)
- Rhode Island
- 2. Jeremiah B. Howell (Dem.-Rep.)
- 1. William Hunter (Fed.)
- South Carolina
- 3. John Gaillard (Dem.-Rep.)
- 2. John Taylor (Dem.-Rep.)
- Tennessee
- 1. Joseph Anderson (Dem.-Rep.)
- 2. George W. Campbell (Dem.-Rep.) …resigned February 11, 1814.
- Jesse Wharton (Dem.-Rep.) …appointed to fill vacancy, March 17, 1814.
- Vermont
- 1. Jonathan Robinson (Dem.-Rep.)
- 3. Dudley Chase (Dem.-Rep.)
- Virginia
- 2. William B. Giles (Dem.-Rep.) …resigned March 3, 1815.
- 1. Richard Brent (Dem.-Rep.) …died December 30, 1814.
- James Barbour (Dem.-Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, January 2, 1815.
[edit] House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives elected statewide on the general ticket or otherwise at-large, are preceded by an "A/L," and the names of those elected from districts, whether plural or single member, are preceded by their district numbers.
Many of the congressional district numbers are linked to articles describing the district itself. Since the boundaries of the districts have changed often and substantially, the linked article may only describe the district as it exists today, and not as it was at the time of this Congress.
- Connecticut [1]
- A/L. Epaphroditus Champion (Fed.)
- A/L. John Davenport (Fed.)
- A/L. Lyman Law (Fed.)
- A/L. Jonathan O. Moseley (Fed.)
- A/L. Timothy Pitkin (Fed.)
- A/L. Lewis B. Sturges (Fed.)
- A/L. Benjamin Tallmadge (Fed.)
- Delaware [2]
- Georgia [3]
- A/L. William Barnett (Dem.-Rep.)
- A/L. William W. Bibb (Dem.-Rep.) ...resigned November 6, 1813.
- Alfred Cuthbert (Dem.-Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated February 7, 1814.
- A/L. John Forsyth (Dem.-Rep.)
- A/L. Bolling Hall (Dem.-Rep.)
- A/L. Thomas Telfair (Dem.-Rep.)
- A/L. George M. Troup (Dem.-Rep.)
- Kentucky
- 1. James Clark (Dem.-Rep.)
- 2. Henry Clay (Dem.-Rep.) …resigned January 19, 1814.
- Joseph H. Hawkins (Dem.-Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated March 29, 1814.
- 3. Richard M. Johnson (Dem.-Rep.)
- 4. Joseph Desha (Dem.-Rep.)
- 5. Samuel Hopkins (Dem.-Rep.)
- 6. Solomon P. Sharp (Dem.-Rep.)
- 7. Samuel McKee (Dem.-Rep.)
- 8. Stephen Ormsby (Dem.-Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy from death of Representative-elect, seated May 28, 1813.
- 9. Thomas Montgomery (Dem.-Rep.)
- 10. William P. Duval (Dem.-Rep.)
- Louisiana
- Maryland [4]
- 1. Philip Stuart (Fed.)
- 2. Joseph Kent (Dem.-Rep.)
- 3. Alexander C. Hanson (Fed.)
- 4. Samuel Ringgold (Dem.-Rep.)
- 5. Alexander McKim (Dem.-Rep.)
- 5. Nicholas R. Moore (Dem.-Rep.)
- 6. Stevenson Archer (Dem.-Rep.)
- 7. Robert Wright (Dem.-Rep.)
- 8. Charles Goldsborough (Fed.)
- Massachusetts
- 1. Artemas Ward, V (Fed.)
- 2. William Reed (Fed.)
- 3. Timothy Pickering (Fed.)
- 4. William M. Richardson (Dem.-Rep.) …resigned April 18, 1814.
- Samuel Dana (Dem.-Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated September 22, 1814.
- 5. William Ely (Fed.)
- 6. Samuel Taggart (Fed.)
- 7. William Baylies (Fed.)
- 8. John Reed (Fed.)
- 9. Laban Wheaton (Fed.)
- 10. Elijah Brigham (Fed.)
- 11. Abijah Bigelow (Fed.)
- 12. Daniel Dewey (Fed.) …resigned February 24, 1814.
- John W. Hulbert (Fed.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated September 26, 1814.
- 13. Nathaniel Ruggles (Fed.)
- 14. Cyrus King (Fed.)
- 15. George Bradbury (Fed.)
- 16. Samuel Davis (Fed.)
- 17. Abiel Wood (Dem.-Rep.)
- 18. John Wilson (Fed.)
- 19. James Parker (Dem.-Rep.)
- 20. Levi Hubbard (Dem.-Rep.)
- New Hampshire [5]
- A/L. Bradbury Cilley (Fed.)
- A/L. William Hale (Fed.)
- A/L. Samuel Smith (Fed.)
- A/L. Roger Vose (Fed.)
- A/L. Daniel Webster (Fed.)
- A/L. Jeduthun Wilcox (Fed.)
- New Jersey [6]
- 1. Lewis Condict (Dem.-Rep.)
- 1. Thomas Ward (Dem.-Rep.)
- 2. James Schureman (Fed.)
- 2. Richard Stockton (Fed.)
- 3. William Coxe, Jr. (Fed.)
- 3. Jacob Hufty (Fed.) …died May 20, 1814.
- Thomas Bines (Dem.-Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 2, 1814.
- New York [7]
- 1. John Lefferts (Dem.-Rep.)
- 1. Ebenezer Sage (Dem.-Rep.)
- 2. Egbert Benson (Fed.) …resigned August 2, 1813.
- William Irving (Dem.-Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated January 22, 1814.
- 2. Jotham Post, Jr. (Fed.)
- 3. Peter Denoyelles (Dem.-Rep.)
- 4. Thomas J. Oakley (Fed.)
- 5. Thomas P. Grosvenor (Fed.)
- 6. Jonathan Fisk (Dem.-Rep.)
- 7. Abraham J. Hasbrouck (Dem.-Rep.)
- 8. Samuel Sherwood (Fed.)
- 9. John Lovett (Fed.)
- 10. Hosea Moffitt (Fed.)
- 11. John W. Taylor (Dem.-Rep.)
- 12. Zebulon R. Shipherd (Fed.)
- 12. Elisha I. Winter (Fed.)
- 13. Alexander Boyd (Fed.)
- 14. Jacob Markell (Fed.)
- 15. John M. Bowers (Fed.) …elected to fill vacancy from death of Representative-elect, seated June 21, 1813, contested election, served until December 20, 1813.
- Isaac Williams, Jr. (Dem.-Rep.) …contested election, seated January 24, 1814.
- 15. Joel Thompson (Fed.)
- 16. Morris S. Miller (Fed.)
- 17. William S. Smith (Fed.)
- 18. Moss Kent (Fed.)
- 19. James Geddes (Fed.)
- 20. Daniel Avery (Dem.-Rep.)
- 20. Oliver C. Comstock (Dem.-Rep.)
- 21. Samuel M. Hopkins (Fed.)
- 21. Nathaniel W. Howell (Fed.)
- North Carolina
- 1. William H. Murfree (Dem.-Rep.)
- 2. Willis Alston (Dem.-Rep.)
- 3. William Kennedy (Dem.-Rep.)
- 4. William Gaston (Fed.)
- 5. William R. King (Dem.-Rep.)
- 6. Nathaniel Macon (Dem.-Rep.)
- 7. John Culpepper (Fed.)
- 8. Richard Stanford (Dem.-Rep.)
- 9. Bartlett Yancey (Dem.-Rep.)
- 10. Joseph Pearson (Fed.)
- 11. Peter Forney (Dem.-Rep.)
- 12. Israel Pickens (Dem.-Rep.)
- 13. Meshack Franklin (Dem.-Rep.)
- Ohio
- 1. John McLean (Dem.-Rep.)
- 2. John Alexander (Dem.-Rep.)
- 3. Duncan MacArthur (Dem.-Rep.) …resigned April 5, 1813, before Congress assembled.
- William Creighton, Jr. (Dem.-Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated June 15, 1813.
- 4. James Caldwell (Dem.-Rep.)
- 5. James Kilbourne (Dem.-Rep.)
- 6. Reasin Beall (Dem.-Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy from death of Representative-elect, seated June 8, 1813, resigned June 7, 1814.
- David Clendenin (Dem.-Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 22, 1814.
- Pennsylvania [8]
- 1. William Anderson (Dem.-Rep.)
- 1. John Conard (Dem.-Rep.)
- 1. Charles J. Ingersoll (Dem.-Rep.)
- 1. Adam Seybert (Dem.-Rep.)
- 2. Roger Davis (Dem.-Rep.)
- 2. Jonathan Roberts (Dem.-Rep.) …resigned February 24, 1814.
- Samuel Henderson (Fed.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated November 29, 1814.
- 3. John Gloninger (Fed.) …resigned August 2, 1813.
- Edward Crouch (Dem.-Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6, 1813.
- 3. James Whitehill (Dem.-Rep.) …resigned September 1, 1814.
- Amos Slaymaker (Fed.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 12, 1814.
- 4. Hugh Glasgow (Dem.-Rep.)
- 5. William Crawford (Dem.-Rep.)
- 5. Robert Whitehill (Dem.-Rep.) …died April 8, 1813.
- John Rea (Dem.-Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 12, 1814.
- 6. Robert Brown (Dem.-Rep.)
- 6. Samuel D. Ingham (Dem.-Rep.)
- 7. John M. Hyneman (Dem.-Rep.) …resigned August 2, 1813.
- Daniel Udree (Dem.-Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated December 6, 1813.
- 8. William Piper (Dem.-Rep.)
- 9. David Bard (Dem.-Rep.)
- 10. Jared Irwin (Dem.-Rep.)
- 10. Isaac Smith (Dem.-Rep.)
- 11. William Findley (Dem.-Rep.)
- 12. Aaron Lyle (Dem.-Rep.)
- 13. Isaac Griffin (Dem.-Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy from preceding Congress, May 24, 1813.
- 14. Adamson Tannehill (Dem.-Rep.)
- 15. Thomas Wilson (Dem.-Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy from resignation of Representative-elect, seated May 28, 1813.
- Rhode Island [9]
- A/L. Richard Jackson, Jr. (Fed.)
- A/L. Elisha R. Potter (Fed.)
- South Carolina
- 1. Langdon Cheves (Dem.-Rep.)
- 2. William Lowndes (Dem.-Rep.)
- 3. Theodore Gourdin (Dem.-Rep.)
- 4. John J. Chappell (Dem.-Rep.)
- 5. David R. Evans (Dem.-Rep.)
- 6. John C. Calhoun (Dem.-Rep.)
- 7. Elias Earle (Dem.-Rep.)
- 8. Samuel Farrow (Dem.-Rep.)
- 9. John Kershaw (Dem.-Rep.)
- Tennessee
- 1. John Rhea (Dem.-Rep.)
- 2. John Sevier (Dem.-Rep.)
- 3. Thomas K. Harris (Dem.-Rep.)
- 4. John H. Bowen (Dem.-Rep.)
- 5. Felix Grundy (Dem.-Rep.) …resigned in 1814.
- Newton Cannon (Dem.-Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated October 15, 1814.
- 6. Parry W. Humphreys (Dem.-Rep.)
- Vermont [10]
- A/L. William C. Bradley (Dem.-Rep.)
- A/L. Ezra Butler (Dem.-Rep.)
- A/L. James Fisk (Dem.-Rep.)
- A/L. Charles Rich (Dem.-Rep.)
- A/L. Richard Skinner (Dem.-Rep.)
- A/L. William Strong (Dem.-Rep.)
- Virginia
- 1. John G. Jackson (Dem.-Rep.)
- 2. Francis White (Fed.)
- 3. John Smith (Dem.-Rep.)
- 4. William McCoy (Dem.-Rep.)
- 5. James Breckinridge (Fed.)
- 6. Daniel Sheffey (Fed.)
- 7. Hugh Caperton (Fed.)
- 8. Joseph Lewis, Jr. (Fed.)
- 9. John P. Hungerford (Dem.-Rep.)
- 10. Aylett Hawes (Dem.-Rep.)
- 11. John Dawson (Dem.-Rep.) …died March 31, 1814.
- Philip P. Barbour (Dem.-Rep.) …elected to fill vacancy, seated September 19, 1814.
- 12. John Roane (Dem.-Rep.)
- 13. Thomas M. Bayly (Fed.)
- 14. William A. Burwell (Dem.-Rep.)
- 15. John Kerr (Dem.-Rep.)
- 16. John W. Eppes (Dem.-Rep.)
- 17. James Pleasants (Dem.-Rep.)
- 18. Thomas Gholson, Jr. (Dem.-Rep.)
- 19. Peterson Goodwyn (Dem.-Rep.)
- 20. James Johnson (Dem.-Rep.)
- 21. Thomas Newton, Jr. (Dem.-Rep.)
- 22. Hugh Nelson (Dem.-Rep.)
- 23. John Clopton (Dem.-Rep.)
[edit] Delegates
- Illinois Territory
- A/L. Shadrack Bond …served during first session.
- Benjamin Stephenson …seated November 14, 1814.
- Indiana Territory
- Mississippi Territory
- A/L. William Lattimore
- Missouri Territory
- A/L. Rufus Easton …seated November 16, 1814.
- Edward Hempstead …served during first and second sessions.
[edit] Changes in Membership
The counts below reflect changes from the beginning of the first session of this congress.
[edit] 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
[edit] House of Representatives
- replacements: 13
- Democratic-Republicans: 1 seat net gain
- Federalists: 1 seat net loss
- deaths: 7
- resignations: 12
- contested election: 1
- vacancies: 4
- Total seats with changes: 19
[edit] Officers
[edit] Senate
- Secretary of the Senate:
- Samuel A. Otis of Massachusetts elected April 8, 1789.
- Charles Cutts of New Hampshire elected October 11, 1814.
- Sergeant at Arms of the Senate:
- Mountjoy Bayly of New Hampshire, elected November 6, 1811.
- Chaplain of the Senate
- The Rev. John Brackenridge, Presbyterian, elected November 13, 1811.
- The Rev. Jesse Lee, Methodist, elected September 27, 1814.
[edit] House of Representatives
- Clerk of the House:
- Patrick Magruder of Maryland, elected May 24, 1813, resigned January 28, 1815.
- Thomas Dougherty of Kentucky, elected January 30, 1815.
- Sergeant at Arms of the House:
- Doorkeeper of the House:
- Thomas Claxton, elected May 24, 1813.
- Chaplain of the House
[edit] Other
- Architect of the Capitol:
- Benjamin H. Latrobe appointed March 6, 1803.
[edit] Notes
- ^ all representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket
- ^ all representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket
- ^ all representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket
- ^ the 5th district was a plural district with two representatives
- ^ all representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket
- ^ there were three plural districts, each had two representatives each
- ^ there were six plural districts, the 1st, 2nd, 12th, 15th, 20th & 21st, each had two representatives
- ^ there were six plural districts, the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th & 10th had two representatives each, the 1st had four representatives
- ^ all representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket
- ^ elected statewide at-large on a general ticket
[edit] References
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: MacMillan Publishing Company.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: MacMillan Publishing Company.
[edit] External links
- Statutes at Large, 1789-1875 [1]
- Senate Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress [2]
- House Journal, First Forty-three Sessions of Congress [3]
- Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress [4]
- U.S. House of Representatives: Congressional History [5]
- U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists [6]
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