13th United States Congress

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.



Major events

 * October 5, 1813: War of 1812: Battle of the Thames
 * September 10, 1813: War of 1812: Battle of Lake Erie
 * 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
 * December 24, 1814: War of 1812: Treaty of Ghent signed
 * January 8, 1815: War of 1812: Battle of New Orleans

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, and includes members from vacancies and newly admitted states, when they were first seated. Changes resulting from subsequent replacements are shown below in the "Changes in membership" section.

Senate
TOTAL: 36
 * Democratic-Republican (DR): 28 (majority)
 * Federalist (F): 8

House of Representatives
TOTAL: 182
 * Democratic-Republican (DR): 114 (majority)
 * Federalist (F): 68

Senate

 * President: Elbridge Gerry (DR), died November 23, 1814, thereafter vacant.
 * President pro tempore:
 * Joseph B. Varnum (DR), elected December 6, 1813
 * John Gaillard (DR), elected April 18, 1814

House of Representatives

 * Speaker: Henry Clay (DR), to January 19, 1814
 * Langdon Cheves, (DR), January 19, 1814 to end

Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.

Senate
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 (F), until May ??, 1813
 * David Daggett (F), May 13, 1813-End
 * 1. Samuel W. Dana (F)

Delaware

 * 1. Outerbridge Horsey (F)
 * 2. William H. Wells (F), May 28, 1813 - End

Georgia

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

Kentucky

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

Louisiana

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

Maryland

 * 1. Samuel Smith (DR)
 * 3. Robert H. Goldsborough (F), May 21, 1813 - End

Massachusetts

 * 1. James Lloyd (F), until May 1, 1813
 * Christopher Gore (F), May 5, 1813 - End
 * 2. Joseph Bradley Varnum (DR)

New Hampshire

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

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
 * Vacant, December 24, 1814–End

Ohio

 * 1. Thomas Worthington (DR), until December 1, 1814
 * Joseph Kerr (DR), December 10, 1814 - End
 * 3. Jeremiah Morrow (DR)

Pennsylvania

 * 1. Michael Leib (DR), until February 14, 1814
 * Jonathan Roberts (DR), February 24, 1814 - End
 * 3. Abner Lacock (DR)

Rhode Island

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

South Carolina

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

Tennessee

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

Vermont

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

Virginia

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

Connecticut
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
 * Connecticut's at-large congressional district. Epaphroditus Champion (F)
 * Connecticut's at-large congressional district. John Davenport (F)
 * Connecticut's at-large congressional district. Lyman Law (F)
 * Connecticut's at-large congressional district. Jonathan O. Moseley (F)
 * Connecticut's at-large congressional district. Timothy Pitkin (F)
 * Connecticut's at-large congressional district. Lewis B. Sturges (F)
 * Connecticut's at-large congressional district. Benjamin Tallmadge (F)

Delaware
Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
 * Delaware's at-large congressional district. Thomas Cooper (F)
 * Delaware's at-large congressional district. Henry M. Ridgely (F)

Georgia
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district. William Barnett (DR)
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district. William W. Bibb (DR), until November 6, 1813
 * Alfred Cuthbert (DR), December 13, 1813 - End
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district. John Forsyth (DR)
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district. Bolling Hall (DR)
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district. Thomas Telfair (DR)
 * Georgia's at-large congressional district. George M. Troup (DR)

Kentucky

 * Kentucky's 1st congressional district. James Clark (DR)
 * Kentucky's 2nd congressional district. Henry Clay (DR), until January 19, 1814
 * Joseph H. Hawkins (DR), March 29, 1814 - End
 * Kentucky's 3rd congressional district. Richard M. Johnson (DR)
 * Kentucky's 4th congressional district. Joseph Desha (DR)
 * Kentucky's 5th congressional district. Samuel Hopkins (DR)
 * Kentucky's 6th congressional district. Solomon P. Sharp (DR)
 * Kentucky's 7th congressional district. Samuel McKee (DR)
 * Kentucky's 8th congressional district. Stephen Ormsby (DR), April 20, 1813 - End
 * Kentucky's 9th congressional district. Thomas Montgomery (DR)
 * Kentucky's 10th congressional district. William P. Duval (DR)

Louisiana

 * Louisiana's at-large congressional district. Thomas B. Robertson (DR)

Maryland
The 5th district was a plural district with two representatives.
 * Maryland's 1st congressional district. Philip Stuart (F)
 * Maryland's 2nd congressional district. Joseph Kent (DR)
 * Maryland's 3rd congressional district. Alexander C. Hanson (F)
 * Maryland's 4th congressional district. Samuel Ringgold (DR)
 * Maryland's 5th congressional district. Alexander McKim (DR)
 * Maryland's 5th congressional district. Nicholas R. Moore (DR)
 * Maryland's 6th congressional district. Stevenson Archer (DR)
 * Maryland's 7th congressional district. Robert Wright (DR)
 * Maryland's 8th congressional district. Charles Goldsborough (F)

Massachusetts

 * Massachusetts's 1st congressional district. Artemas Ward, Jr. (F)
 * Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district. William Reed (F)
 * Massachusetts's 3rd congressional district. Timothy Pickering (F)
 * Massachusetts's 4th congressional district. William M. Richardson (DR), until April 18, 1814
 * Samuel Dana (DR), September 22, 1814 - End
 * Massachusetts's 5th congressional district. William Ely (F)
 * Massachusetts's 6th congressional district. Samuel Taggart (F)
 * Massachusetts's 7th congressional district. William Baylies (F)
 * Massachusetts's 8th congressional district. John Reed, Jr. (F)
 * Massachusetts's 9th congressional district. Laban Wheaton (F)
 * Massachusetts's 10th congressional district. Elijah Brigham (F)
 * Massachusetts's 11th congressional district. Abijah Bigelow (F)
 * Massachusetts's 12th congressional district. Daniel Dewey (F), until February 24, 1814
 * John W. Hulbert (F), September 26, 1814 - End
 * Massachusetts's 13th congressional district. Nathaniel Ruggles (F)
 * Massachusetts's 14th congressional district. Cyrus King (F)
 * Massachusetts's 15th congressional district. George Bradbury (F)
 * Massachusetts's 16th congressional district. Samuel Davis (F)
 * Massachusetts's 17th congressional district. Abiel Wood (DR)
 * Massachusetts's 18th congressional district. John Wilson (F)
 * Massachusetts's 19th congressional district. James Parker (DR)
 * Massachusetts's 20th congressional district. Levi Hubbard (DR)

New Hampshire
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
 * New Hampshire's at-large congressional district. Bradbury Cilley (F)
 * New Hampshire's at-large congressional district. William Hale (F)
 * New Hampshire's at-large congressional district. Samuel Smith (F)
 * New Hampshire's at-large congressional district. Roger Vose (F)
 * New Hampshire's at-large congressional district. Daniel Webster (F)
 * New Hampshire's at-large congressional district. Jeduthun Wilcox (F)

New Jersey
There were three plural districts, each had two representatives each.
 * New Jersey's 1st congressional district. Lewis Condict (DR)
 * New Jersey's 1st congressional district. Thomas Ward (DR)
 * New Jersey's 2nd congressional district. James Schureman (F)
 * New Jersey's 2nd congressional district. Richard Stockton (F)
 * New Jersey's 3rd congressional district. William Coxe, Jr. (F)
 * New Jersey's 3rd congressional district. Jacob Hufty (F), until May 20, 1814
 * Thomas Bines (DR), November 2, 1814 - End

New York
There were six plural districts, the 1st, 2nd, 12th, 15th, 20th & 21st, each had two representatives.
 * New York's 1st congressional district. John Lefferts (DR)
 * New York's 1st congressional district. Ebenezer Sage (DR)
 * New York's 2nd congressional district. Egbert Benson (F), until August 2, 1813
 * William Irving (DR), January 22, 1814 - End
 * New York's 2nd congressional district. Jotham Post, Jr. (F)
 * New York's 3rd congressional district. Peter Denoyelles (DR)
 * New York's 4th congressional district. Thomas J. Oakley (F)
 * New York's 5th congressional district. Thomas P. Grosvenor (F)
 * New York's 6th congressional district. Jonathan Fisk (DR)
 * New York's 7th congressional district. Abraham J. Hasbrouck (DR)
 * New York's 8th congressional district. Samuel Sherwood (F)
 * New York's 9th congressional district. John Lovett (F)
 * New York's 10th congressional district. Hosea Moffitt (F)
 * New York's 11th congressional district. John W. Taylor (DR)
 * New York's 12th congressional district. Zebulon R. Shipherd (F)
 * New York's 12th congressional district. Elisha I. Winter (F)
 * New York's 13th congressional district. Alexander Boyd (F)
 * New York's 14th congressional district. Jacob Markell (F)
 * New York's 15th congressional district. John M. Bowers (F), May 26, 1813 - December 20, 1813
 * Isaac Williams, Jr. (DR), December 20, 1813 - End
 * New York's 15th congressional district. Joel Thompson (F)
 * New York's 16th congressional district. Morris S. Miller (F)
 * New York's 17th congressional district. William S. Smith (F)
 * New York's 18th congressional district. Moss Kent (F)
 * New York's 19th congressional district. James Geddes (F)
 * New York's 20th congressional district. Daniel Avery (DR)
 * New York's 20th congressional district. Oliver C. Comstock (DR)
 * New York's 21st congressional district. Samuel M. Hopkins (F)
 * New York's 21st congressional district. Nathaniel W. Howell (F)

North Carolina

 * North Carolina's 1st congressional district. William H. Murfree (DR)
 * North Carolina's 2nd congressional district. Willis Alston (DR)
 * North Carolina's 3rd congressional district. William Kennedy (DR)
 * North Carolina's 4th congressional district. William Gaston (F)
 * North Carolina's 5th congressional district. William R. King (DR)
 * North Carolina's 6th congressional district. Nathaniel Macon (DR)
 * North Carolina's 7th congressional district. John Culpepper (F)
 * North Carolina's 8th congressional district. Richard Stanford (DR)
 * North Carolina's 9th congressional district. Bartlett Yancey (DR)
 * North Carolina's 10th congressional district. Joseph Pearson (F)
 * North Carolina's 11th congressional district. Peter Forney (DR)
 * North Carolina's 12th congressional district. Israel Pickens (DR)
 * North Carolina's 13th congressional district. Meshack Franklin (DR)

Ohio

 * Ohio's 1st congressional district. John McLean (DR)
 * Ohio's 2nd congressional district. John Alexander (DR)
 * Ohio's 3rd congressional district. William Creighton, Jr. (DR), May 4, 1813 - End
 * Ohio's 4th congressional district. James Caldwell (DR)
 * Ohio's 5th congressional district. James Kilbourne (DR)
 * Ohio's 6th congressional district. Reasin Beall (DR), April 20, 1813 until June 7, 1814
 * David Clendenin (DR), seated October 11, 1814

Pennsylvania
There were six plural districts, the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th & 10th had two representatives each, the 1st had four representatives.
 * Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district. William Anderson (DR)
 * Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district. John Conard (DR)
 * Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district. Charles J. Ingersoll (DR)
 * Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district. Adam Seybert (DR)
 * Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district. Roger Davis (DR)
 * Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district. Jonathan Roberts (DR), until February 24, 1814
 * Samuel Henderson (F), October 11, 1814 - End
 * Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district. John Gloninger (F), until August 2, 1813
 * Edward Crouch (DR), October 12, 1813 - End
 * Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district. James Whitehill (DR), until September 1, 1814
 * Amos Slaymaker (F), October 11, 1814 - End
 * Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district. Hugh Glasgow (DR)
 * Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district. William Crawford (DR)
 * Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district. Robert Whitehill (DR), until April 8, 1813
 * John Rea (DR), May 11, 1813 - End
 * Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district. Robert Brown (DR)
 * Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district. Samuel D. Ingham (DR)
 * Pennsylvania's 7th congressional district. John M. Hyneman (DR), until May 24, 1813
 * Daniel Udree (DR), October 12, 1813 - End
 * Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district. William Piper (DR)
 * Pennsylvania's 9th congressional district. David Bard (DR)
 * Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district. Jared Irwin (DR)
 * Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district. Isaac Smith (DR)
 * Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district. William Findley (DR)
 * Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district. Aaron Lyle (DR)
 * Pennsylvania's 13th congressional district. Isaac Griffin (DR), May 24, 1813 - End
 * Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district. Adamson Tannehill (DR)
 * Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district. Thomas Wilson (DR), May 14, 1813- End

Rhode Island
Both representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
 * Rhode Island's at-large congressional district. Richard Jackson, Jr. (F)
 * Rhode Island's at-large congressional district. Elisha R. Potter (F)

South Carolina

 * South Carolina's 1st congressional district. Langdon Cheves (DR)
 * South Carolina's 2nd congressional district. William Lowndes (DR)
 * South Carolina's 3rd congressional district. Theodore Gourdin (DR)
 * South Carolina's 4th congressional district. John J. Chappell (DR)
 * South Carolina's 5th congressional district. David R. Evans (DR)
 * South Carolina's 6th congressional district. John C. Calhoun (DR)
 * South Carolina's 7th congressional district. Elias Earle (DR)
 * South Carolina's 8th congressional district. Samuel Farrow (DR)
 * South Carolina's 9th congressional district. John Kershaw (DR)

Tennessee

 * Tennessee's 1st congressional district. John Rhea (DR)
 * Tennessee's 2nd congressional district. John Sevier (DR)
 * Tennessee's 3rd congressional district. Thomas K. Harris (DR)
 * Tennessee's 4th congressional district. John H. Bowen (DR)
 * Tennessee's 5th congressional district. Felix Grundy (DR), until ????, 1814
 * Newton Cannon (DR), September 16, 1814 - End
 * Tennessee's 6th congressional district. Parry W. Humphreys (DR)

Vermont
All representatives were elected statewide on a general ticket.
 * Vermont's at-large congressional district. William C. Bradley (DR)
 * Vermont's at-large congressional district. Ezra Butler (DR)
 * Vermont's at-large congressional district. James Fisk (DR)
 * Vermont's at-large congressional district. Charles Rich (DR)
 * Vermont's at-large congressional district. Richard Skinner (DR)
 * Vermont's at-large congressional district. William Strong (DR)

Virginia

 * Virginia's 1st congressional district. John G. Jackson (DR)
 * Virginia's 2nd congressional district. Francis White (F)
 * Virginia's 3rd congressional district. John Smith (DR)
 * Virginia's 4th congressional district. William McCoy (DR)
 * Virginia's 5th congressional district. James Breckinridge (F)
 * Virginia's 6th congressional district. Daniel Sheffey (F)
 * Virginia's 7th congressional district. Hugh Caperton (F)
 * Virginia's 8th congressional district. Joseph Lewis, Jr. (F)
 * Virginia's 9th congressional district. John P. Hungerford (DR)
 * Virginia's 10th congressional district. Aylett Hawes (DR)
 * Virginia's 11th congressional district. John Dawson (DR), until March 31, 1814
 * Philip P. Barbour (DR), September 19, 1814 - End
 * Virginia's 12th congressional district. John Roane (DR)
 * Virginia's 13th congressional district. Thomas M. Bayly (F)
 * Virginia's 14th congressional district. William A. Burwell (DR)
 * Virginia's 15th congressional district. John Kerr (DR)
 * Virginia's 16th congressional district. John W. Eppes (DR)
 * Virginia's 17th congressional district. James Pleasants (DR)
 * Virginia's 18th congressional district. Thomas Gholson, Jr. (DR)
 * Virginia's 19th congressional district. Peterson Goodwyn (DR)
 * Virginia's 20th congressional district. James Johnson (DR)
 * Virginia's 21st congressional district. Thomas Newton, Jr. (DR)
 * Virginia's 22nd congressional district. Hugh Nelson (DR)
 * Virginia's 23rd congressional district. John Clopton (DR)

Non-voting delegates

 * Illinois Territory's at-large congressional district. Shadrach Bond, until August 2, 1813
 * Benjamin Stephenson, November 14, 1814 - End
 * Indiana Territory's at-large congressional district. Jonathan Jennings
 * Mississippi Territory's at-large congressional district. William Lattimore
 * Missouri Territory's at-large congressional district. Edward Hempstead, until September 17, 1814
 * Rufus Easton, September 17, 1814 - End

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

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

Employees

 * Architect of the Capitol: Benjamin Latrobe appointed March 6, 1803

Senate

 * Secretary:
 * Samuel A. Otis of Massachusetts
 * Charles Cutts of New Hampshire elected October 11, 1814
 * Sergeant at Arms: Mountjoy Bayly of New Hampshire
 * Chaplain
 * John Brackenridge, Presbyterian
 * Jesse Lee, Methodist, elected September 27, 1814

House of Representatives

 * Clerk:
 * Patrick Magruder of Maryland, elected May 24, 1813, resigned January 28, 1815
 * Thomas Dougherty of Kentucky, elected January 30, 1815
 * Sergeant at Arms: Thomas Dunn of Maryland, elected May 24, 1813
 * Doorkeeper: Thomas Claxton, elected May 24, 1813
 * Chaplain:
 * Jesse Lee, Methodist, elected May 24, 1813
 * Obadiah B. Brown, Baptist, elected September 19, 1814