List of invocations of the Insurrection Act

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This is a list of invocations of the Insurrection Act of 1807.[1]

The Act has been invoked for various different reasons over time. It has been used to quell individual rebellions and riots, as well as many incidents of post-civil war violence.[2][3] The latest use of the act was during the 1992 Los Angeles riots.[4]

List[edit]

Date invoked Invoker Cause Results
April 19, 1808 Thomas Jefferson Violations of the Embargo Act of 1807 around Lake Champlain.[5] Violations continue, act repealed in 1809.[6]
February 10, 1831 Andrew Jackson Dispute around Arkansas-Mexico border.[7] Resolved before troops sent.[1]
August 24, 1831 Slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia.[8] Rebellion suppressed.[9]
January 28, 1834 Riot over labor dispute in Maryland.[10] Resolved before troops sent.[10]
April 15, 1861 Abraham Lincoln Secession of southern states, American Civil War.[11] Civil war ends after four years. Beginning of Reconstruction era.[12]
October 17, 1871 Ulysses S. Grant White supremacist insurgency across former Confederacy.[13] Insurgency suppressed.[1]
May 22, 1873 Violence in Louisiana after contested election.[3] Resolved before troops sent.[1]
December 21, 1874 White supremacist insurrection and massacre in Vicksburg.[14] Insurrection suppressed.[15]
May 15, 1874 White supremacist attempted coup in Arkansas.[16] Resolved before troops sent.[1]
September 15, 1874 White supremacist insurgency and coup in Louisiana.[17] New Orleans and state government liberated, insurgency continues in other areas until 1877.[1]
October 17, 1876 White supremacist paramilitaries in South Carolina.[18] Paramilitaries dispersed, troops stay until 1877.[1]
July 18, 1877 Rutherford B. Hayes Railroad strike in multiple states.[19] Strike suppressed. Eventual reform.[20]
October 7, 1878 War between rival business/gang factions in Lincoln County, New Mexico.[21] Most fighting stops.[22]
May 3, 1882 Chester A. Arthur Gang violence in the Arizona Territory.[23] Gangs suppressed.[1]
November 7, 1885; February 9, 1886 Grover Cleveland Riots against Chinese citizens in the Washington Territory. Occurred in 1885 and 1886.[24] Riots suppressed.[24]
July 8, 1894 Strike in multiple states.[25] Strike suppressed. Eventual reform.[26]
April 28, 1914 Woodrow Wilson Strike and uprising in Colorado.[27] Strike and uprising suppressed. Eventual reform.[28]
August 30, 1921 Warren G. Harding Strike and uprising in West Virginia.[29] Strike and uprising suppressed. Eventual reform.[30]
July 28, 1932 Douglas MacArthur Army general illegally invokes act against WW1 veterans marching for military bonuses in Washington, D.C..[31] Protest suppressed.[32]
June 21, 1943 Franklin D. Roosevelt Race riot in Detroit.[2] Riot suppressed.[33]
September 23, 1957 Dwight D. Eisenhower Arkansas National Guard forbids Black students from a school in Little Rock.[34] Arkansas National Guard federalized and ordered to stand down. Federal troops escort Black students to school.[35]
September 30, 1962 John F. Kennedy Siege and riot of University of Mississippi due to racial integration.[36] Riot suppressed.[37]
June 11, 1963 Governor of Alabama forbids Black students from a school in Tuscaloosa.[38] Alabama National Guard federalized and ordered to stand down. Federal troops escort Black students to school.[39]
September 10, 1963 Alabama National Guard forbids Black students from all-white schools.[1] Alabama National Guard federalized and ordered to stand down.
March 20, 1965 Lyndon B. Johnson Alabama police suppress first Selma to Montgomery marches.[40] Federalization of Alabama National Guard before the third march.
July 24, 1967 Protests and riots against systematic racism in Detroit.[41] Riots suppressed.[42]
April 5, 1968 Riots and civil unrest in multiple states after the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr..[43] Riots suppressed.[44]
November 24, 1987 Ronald Reagan Prison riot in Atlanta over announced deportations of Cuban detainees.[45] Riot suppressed.[46]
September 20, 1989 George H. W. Bush Looting in the United States Virgin Islands after Hurricane Hugo.[47] Order restored.[48]
May 1, 1992 Riots and uprising in Los Angeles over acquittal of officers who attacked Rodney King.[4] Riot suppressed.[49]

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  20. ^ Piper, Jessica (2013). "The Great Railroad Strike of 1877: A Catalyst for the American Labor Movement". The History Teacher. 47 (1): 93–110. ISSN 0018-2745. JSTOR 43264188.
  21. ^ Roberts, Calvin A.; Roberts, Susan A. (2004). A History of New Mexico. University of New Mexico Press. p. 234. ISBN 978-0826335074.
  22. ^ Nolan, Frederick (2009) [1992]. The Lincoln County War: A Documentary History. Santa Fe, NM: Sunstone Press. pp. 304–322. ISBN 978-0-86534-721-2.
  23. ^ "Proclamation 253—Law and Order in the Territory of Arizona". presidency.ucsb.edu. The American Presidential Project. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
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  30. ^ "Coal Owners Want Government to Destroy Miners' Union". The Washington Times. October 15, 1921. Retrieved May 4, 2022.
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  32. ^ "Heroes: Battle of Washington". Time. August 8, 1932. Archived from the original on 2008-10-25. Retrieved August 30, 2011. Last week William Hushka's Bonus for $528 suddenly became payable in full when a police bullet drilled him dead in the worst public disorder the capital has known in years.
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  37. ^ "Riots over desegregation of Ole Miss". history.com. History. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  38. ^ "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door". encyclopediaofalabama.org. Encyclopedia of Alabama. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
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  43. ^ Taylor, Alan. "The Riots That Followed the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr". theatlantic.com. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
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  45. ^ Harte, Tiffany. "Pandemonium at the Pen: Cuban Refugees Riot to Stay in the U.S." atlantahistorycenter.com. Atlanta History Center. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
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