Editing Richard Mentor Johnson (section)

====Return to Washington====
With the American success at the Battle of the Thames, the war in the northwest was effectively over. Although there was no organized resistance to his presence in Canada, Harrison withdrew to Detroit because of supply problems.<ref name=uva /> Johnson remained, wounded, at Detroit as his men began their return to Kentucky. Once he had recovered enough to bear the journey, he was conveyed home in a bed in a carriage, arriving there in early November 1813.<ref>Meyer, p. 136</ref> It took him five months to recover, though he was still left with a damaged left arm and hand, and was later described as walking with a limp. He returned to Congress in February 1814, but due to his wounds was unable to participate in debates until the following session of Congress.<ref>Jones, pp. 48–49.</ref> He received a hero's welcome, still suffering from war wounds that would plague him for the rest of his life.<ref name = "senate">{{cite web|title=Richard Mentor Johnson, 9th Vice President (1837–1841)|url=https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/VP_Richard_M_Johnson.htm|publisher=[[United States Senate]] Historical Office|access-date=June 7, 2018}}</ref>

In August 1814, British forces attacked Washington, D.C., and burned the [[White House]] and Capitol, and when Congress reconvened on September 19, with Johnson present, it was in temporary quarters.<ref>Meyer, pp. 140–141; Jones, p. 50.</ref> On September 22, Johnson moved for the appointment of a committee to look into why the British had been allowed to burn the city, and he was appointed as chairman. Johnson's committee compiled a voluminous report, but it was objected to by Representative [[Daniel Webster]], who felt the report, including much correspondence, needed to be printed so that all congressmen could study it. This postponed any debate to 1815, by which time the [[Treaty of Ghent]] had been ratified, and the United States was again at peace. With Congress having little interest in debating the matter, it was dropped.<ref>Jones, pp. 51–59.</ref> Had the war continued, Johnson was ready to return to Kentucky to raise another military unit.<ref>Langworthy, p. 31</ref>