1814 and 1815 United States House of Representatives elections and the Burning of Washington by the British in 1814 were embarrassing setbacks, but the war was viewed by many as reasonably successful. National morale was high because the small American military overall had been able to fight British forces to a draw in coastal and frontier conflict. The election of 1814 was the last in which the declining Federalist Party was able to secure more than a third of the seats in the House of Representatives - and it was only barely able to do so. There were special elections in 1814 and 1815 to the 13th United States
Blucher (1814 Sunderland ship) in the Atlantic Ocean. All 23 people on board took to her boats and were rescued six days later by "Henry and Isabella", Bayles, master. "Blucher" was on a voyage from Liverpool to Savannah. Citations References Blucher (1814 Sunderland ship) Blucher was launched in 1814 at Sunderland. She mostly sailed across the Atlantic to South and North America though she may have made a voyage to Calcutta under a license from the British East India Company (EIC). She was wrecked in 1824. "Blucher" first appeared in "Lloyd's Register" in 1815 with no named master, and trade London–Suriname. "Lloyd's Register" for