The 13th 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 4, 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 1810 United States census. Both chambers had a Democratic-Republican majority. The first two sessions were held at the Capitol building while the third, convened after the Burning of Washington, took place in the First Patent Building.

Major events

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

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 Bradley 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

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 Branch Giles (DR), until March 3, 1815

House of Representatives

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 Troup (DR)

Kentucky . James Clark (DR) . Henry Clay (DR), until January 19, 1814 Joseph H. Hawkins (DR), from March 29, 1814 . Richard Mentor 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 Pope 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 Stephens 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 Jared 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 Reynolds 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 Wayne 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 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 Wayles 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