| 13th United States Congress | |||
United States Capitol (1814) |
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| Duration: March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815 | |||
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| Senate President: | Elbridge Gerry, until November 23, 1814 | ||
| Senate Pres. pro tem: | William H. Crawford Joseph Bradley Varnum John Gaillard |
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| House Speaker: | Henry Clay Langdon Cheves |
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| Members: | 36 Senators 182 Representatives 4 Non-voting members |
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| Senate Majority: | Democratic-Republican | ||
| House Majority: | Democratic-Republican | ||
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| Sessions | |||
| 1st: May 24, 1813 – August 2, 1813 2nd: December 6, 1813 – April 18, 1814 3rd: September 19, 1814 – March 3, 1815 |
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The Thirteenth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1813 to March 3, 1815, during the fifth and sixth years of James Madison's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Third Census of the United States in 1810. Both chambers had a Democratic-Republican majority.
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.
| Party (Shading shows control) |
Total | Vacant | |||
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| Democratic- Republican (DR) |
Federalist (F) |
Unknown |
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| End of the previous congress | 30 | 6 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| Begin | 27 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 3 |
| End | 24 | 10 | 1 | 35 | 1 |
| Final voting share | 68.6% | 28.6% | 2.9% | ||
| Beginning of the next congress | 21 | 11 | 1 | 33 | 4 |
Following the 1810 census, the size of the House was increased to 182 seats from 142.
| Party (Shading shows control) |
Total | Vacant | ||
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| Democratic- Republican (DR) |
Federalist (F) |
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| End of the previous congress | 105 | 36 | 141 | 1 |
| Begin | 108 | 68 | 176 | 6 |
| End | 115 | 67 | 182 | 0 |
| Final voting share | 63.2% | 36.8% | ||
| Beginning of the next congress | 131 | 46 | 177 | 5 |
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.
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
Delaware
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New Jersey
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New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Tennessee
Vermont
Virginia
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The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
| State (class) |
Former senator | Reason for change | Successor | Date of successor's installation |
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| New Hampshire (3) |
Vacant | Appointed to fill vacancy | Charles Cutts (DR) | Appointed April 2, 1813 |
| Maryland (3) |
Vacant | Failure to elect | Robert H. Goldsborough (F) | Seated May 21, 1813 |
| Delaware (2) |
Vacant | James A. Bayard (F) resigned at the end of the previous Congress | William H. Wells (F) | Seated May 28, 1813 |
| Georgia (2) |
William H. Crawford (DR) | Resigned March 23, 1813 | William B. Bulloch (DR) | Seated April 8, 1813 |
| Connecticut (3) |
Chauncey Goodrich (F) | Resigned May, 1813 to become Lieutenant Governor | David Daggett (F) | Seated May 13, 1813 |
| Massachusetts (1) |
James Lloyd (F) | Resigned May 1, 1813 | Christopher Gore (F) | Seated May 5, 1813 |
| New Hampshire (3) |
Charles Cutts (DR) | Successor elected June 10, 1813 | Jeremiah Mason (F) | Seated June 10, 1813 |
| Georgia (2) |
William B. Bulloch (DR) | Successor elected November 6, 1813 | 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 | Jesse Wharton (DR) | Seated March 17, 1814 |
| Pennsylvania (1) |
Michael Leib (DR) | Resigned February 14, 1814 after becoming Postmaster of Philadelphia | Jonathan Roberts (DR) | Seated February 24, 1814 |
| New Hampshire (2) |
Nicholas Gilman (DR) | Died May 2, 1814 | Thomas W. Thompson (F) | Seated June 24, 1814 |
| Kentucky (2) |
George M. Bibb (DR) | Resigned August 23, 1814 | George Walker (DR) | Seated August 30, 1814 |
| Ohio (1) |
Thomas Worthington (DR) | Resigned December 1, 1814 after being elected Governor | Joseph Kerr (DR) | Seated December 10, 1814 |
| Kentucky (2) |
George Walker (DR) | Successor elected December 16, 1814 | William T. Barry (DR) | Seated December 16, 1814 |
| North Carolina (3) |
David Stone (DR) | Resigned December 24, 1814. His successor was elected. | Francis Locke | Never seated for failing to qualify |
| Kentucky (3) |
Jesse Bledsoe (DR) | Resigned December 24, 1814 | Isham Talbot (DR) | Seated February 2, 1815 |
| Virginia (1) |
Richard Brent (DR) | Died December 30, 1814 | James Barbour (DR) | Seated January 2, 1815 |
| Virginia (2) |
William B. Giles (DR) | Resigned March 3, 1815 | Vacant | Vacant for remainder of term |
| District | Vacator | Reason for change | Successor | Date of successor's installation |
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| Kentucky 8th |
Vacant | Rep.-elect John Simpson died before this Congress began | Stephen Ormsby (DR) | Seated May 28, 1813 |
| Ohio 6th |
Vacant | Rep.-elect John Stark Edwards died before this Congress began | Reasin Beall (DR) | Seated June 8, 1813 |
| Pennsylvania 15th |
Vacant | Rep.-elect Abner Lacock resigned before commencement of Congress after being elected US Senator | Thomas Wilson (DR) | Seated May 28, 1813 |
| Pennsylvania 13th |
Vacant | Rep.-elect John Smilie died before this Congress began | Isaac Griffin (DR) | Seated May 24, 1813 |
| New York 15th |
Vacant | Rep-elect William Dowse died on February 18, 1813 | John M. Bowers (F) | Seated June 21, 1813 |
| Ohio 3rd |
Vacant | Duncan McArthur Resigned April 5, 1813, having not qualified | William Creighton, Jr. (DR) | Seated June 15, 1813 |
| Pennsylvania 5th |
Robert Whitehill (DR) | Died April 8, 1813 | John Rea (DR) | Seated May 28, 1813 |
| New York 2nd |
Egbert Benson (F) | Resigned August 2, 1813 | William Irving (DR) | Seated January 22, 1814 |
| Pennsylvania 3rd |
John Gloninger (F) | Resigned August 2, 1813 | Edward Crouch (DR) | Seated December 6, 1813 |
| Pennsylvania 7th |
John M. Hyneman (DR) | Resigned August 2, 1813 | Daniel Udree (DR) | Seated December 6, 1813 |
| Illinois Territory At-large |
Shadrach Bond | Until August 2, 1813 | Benjamin Stephenson | Seated November 14, 1814 |
| Georgia At-large |
William W. Bibb (DR) | Resigned November 6, 1813 after being elected to US Senate | Alfred Cuthbert (DR) | Seated February 7, 1814 |
| New York 15th |
John M. Bowers (F) | Contested election, Bowers ousted on December 20, 1813 | Isaac Williams, Jr. (DR) | Seated January 24, 1814 |
| Tennessee 5th |
Felix Grundy (DR) | Resigned sometime in 1814 | Newton Cannon (DR) | Seated October 15, 1814 |
| Kentucky 2nd |
Henry Clay (DR) | Resigned January 19, 1814 | Joseph H. Hawkins (DR) | Seated March 29, 1814 |
| Massachusetts 12th |
Daniel Dewey (F) | Resigned February 24, 1814 after being appointed Associate Judge of Massachusetts Supreme Court | John W. Hulbert (F) | Seated September 26, 1814 |
| Pennsylvania 2nd |
Jonathan Roberts (DR) | Resigned February 24, 1814 after being elected US Senator | Samuel Henderson (F) | Seated November 29, 1814 |
| Virginia 11th |
John Dawson (DR) | Died March 31, 1814 | Philip Barbour (DR) | Seated September 19, 1814 |
| Massachusetts 4th |
William M. Richardson (DR) | Resigned April 18, 1814 | Samuel Dana (DR) | Seated September 22, 1814 |
| New Jersey 3rd |
Jacob Hufty (F) | Died May 20, 1814 | Thomas Bines (DR) | Seated November 2, 1814 |
| Ohio 6th |
Reasin Beall (DR) | Resigned June 7, 1814 | David Clendenin (DR) | Seated December 22, 1814 |
| Pennsylvania 3rd |
James Whitehill (DR) | Resigned September 1, 1814 | Amos Slaymaker (F) | Seated December 12, 1814 |
| Missouri Territory At-large |
Edward Hempstead | Until September 17, 1814 | Rufus Easton | Seated November 16, 1814 |
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