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38 unusual facts about 13th United States Congress


Abijah Bigelow

He was reelected to the Twelfth and Thirteenth Congresses and served from October 8, 1810, to March 3, 1815.

Abner Lacock

He was reelected to the Thirteenth Congress but resigned before it commenced, having been elected Senator.

Adamson Tannehill

The high point of Tannehill's active political career was his election as a Republican to the Thirteenth U.S. Congress for the period 1813–1815.

Alexander Boyd

Elected as a Federalist to the 13th United States Congress, Boyd was United States Representative for the thirteenth district of New York from March 4, 1813, to March 3, 1815.

Alexander McKim

McKim was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Congresses, where he served from March 4, 1809 to March 3, 1815.

Alfred Cuthbert

Cuthbert was elected as a Democratic-Republican Representative to the Thirteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William W. Bibb, and was reelected to the Fourteenth Congress and served from December 13, 1813, to November 9, 1816, when he resigned.

Amos Slaymaker

Slaymaker was elected as a Federalist to the Thirteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James Whitehill.

Bolling Hall

He was elected as a Republican to the 12th, 13th and 14th United States Congresses serving from March 4, 1811, until March 3, 1817.

Charles Turner, Jr.

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Thirteenth Congress.

Cowles Mead

He was unsuccessful candidate for election to the 13th United States Congress in 1812.

Daniel Dewey

Dewey was elected as a Federalist to the Thirteenth Congress and served from March 4, 1813, until February 24, 1814, when he resigned, having been assigned to a judicial position.

Daniel Udree

He was elected to the 13th Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John M. Hyneman and served from October 12, 1813 to March 3, 1815.

Ebenezer Sage

Sage was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 11th, 12th and 13th United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1809 to March 4, 1815.

Ebenezer Seaver

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1812 to the Thirteenth Congress.

Edward Crouch

Crouch was elected as a Republican to the Thirteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Gloninger.

Elijah Brigham

Brigham was elected as a Federalist to the Twelfth, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth Congresses and served from March 4, 1811, until his death in Washington, D.C., February 22, 1816.

Elisha I. Winter

He was elected as a Federalist to the Thirteenth Congress (March 4, 1813-March 3, 1815),an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1814 to the Fourteenth Congress, but moved to a farm near Lexington, Kentucky, and engaged as a planter.

Isaac Griffin

Griffin was elected as a Democrat-Republican to the Thirteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John Smilie.

Isaac Williams, Jr.

He successfully contested as a Democratic-Republican the election of Federalist John M. Bowers to the 13th United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative-elect William Dowse (1770–1813), and served from January 24, 1814, to March 3, 1815.

James Whitehill

Whitehill was elected as a Republican to the Thirteenth Congress and served until his resignation on September 1, 1814.

John Gloninger

Gloninger was elected as a Federalist to the Thirteenth Congress and until his resignation on August 2, 1813.

John M. Bowers

He was declared elected as a Federalist to the 13th United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative-elect William Dowse and served as United States Representative for the fifteenth district of New York from June 21, 1813 to December 20, 1813; when Isaac Williams, Jr., who had contested the election, was declared entitled to the seat.

John M. Hyneman

Hyneman was elected as a Republican to the Twelfth and Thirteenth Congresses and served until his resignation on August 2, 1813.

John W. Hulbert

Hulbert was elected as a Federalist to the Thirteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Daniel Dewey.

Jonathan Fisk

He was again elected to the 13th and 14th United States Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1813 to March 21, 1815, when he accepted a recess appointment by President James Madison as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.

Morris S. Miller

Miller was elected as a Federalist to the 13th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1813 to March 3, 1815.

Richard Jackson, Jr.

He was reelected to the Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Congresses and served from November 11, 1808, to March 3, 1815.

Samuel Dana

He served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, attorney for Middlesex County from 1807 to 1811, and was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Thirteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William M. Richardson.

Samuel Henderson

Henderson was elected as a Federalist to the Thirteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Jonathan Roberts.

Thomas M. Gunter

-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->During the Civil War served in the Confederate States Army as colonel of the Thirteenth Regiment, Arkansas Volunteers.

Thomas Telfair

Telfair was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 13th and 14th United States Congresses, serving from March 4, 1813, to March 3, 1817.

United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 1810

Both had been re-elected to the 13th Congress, and both districts were left vacant for the remainder of the 12th Congress.

Vermont's 2nd congressional district

From 1813-1821, beginning with the 13th Congress, Vermont elected its US Representatives statewide At-Large.

Vermont's 4th congressional district

From 1813-1821, beginning with the 13th Congress, Vermont elected its US Representatives statewide At-Large

William Lattimore

Lattimore was elected as a Delegate to the 8th and 9th Congresses that lasted (March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1807), he was also elected to the 13th and 14th Congresses (March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817) as well.

William M. Richardson

He was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Twelfth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Joseph B. Varnum; and was reelected to the Thirteenth Congress and served from November 4, 1811, to April 18, 1814, when he resigned.

William Widgery

He was an unsuccessful for reelection in 1812 to the Thirteenth Congress.

Willis Alston

Alston chaired the House Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business during the 13th U.S. Congress.