United States v. Andrew Jackson (1815) Court Documents
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana - New Orleans, court documents in the case United States v. Andrew Jackson (1815). During the War of 1812 future president Major General Andrew Jackson, commanding the Seventh Military District, declared the city and environs of New Orleans under strict martial law.
A Louisiana State senator expressed unease about the ongoing state of martial law in a March 3 newspaper article; Jackson promptly had the senator arrested. When a U.S. District Court Judge demanded that the senator be charged or released, Jackson not only refused, he ordered the judge jailed before banishing him from the city.
When Jackson eventually lifted martial law, the returned judge proceeded to charge him with contempt and levied a thousand-dollar fine, which the “Hero of New Orleans” paid.
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