Yes. Here's a list. 33% of presidents have used it. Interestingly enough it's mostly been used because of diversity. One was even over an election dispute.
Thomas Jefferson (3rd President, served 1801–1809)
April 19, 1808: To address violations of the Embargo Act of 1807 around Lake Champlain, where smuggling and resistance to trade restrictions were occurring.
Andrew Jackson (7th President, served 1829–1837)
February 10, 1831: In response to a dispute along the Arkansas-Mexico border involving territorial and trade issues.
August 24, 1831: To suppress a slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia (Nat Turner's Rebellion).
January 28, 1834: To handle a riot stemming from a labor dispute in Maryland along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.
Abraham Lincoln (16th President, served 1861–1865)
April 15, 1861: To combat the secession of Southern states at the outset of the American Civil War, enabling federal troops to enforce Union authority.
Ulysses S. Grant (18th President, served 1869–1877)
October 17, 1871: To counter white supremacist insurgency (including the Ku Klux Klan) across the former Confederacy during Reconstruction.
May 22, 1873: In response to violence in Louisiana following a contested election.
May 15, 1874: To address a white supremacist attempted coup in Arkansas (Brooks-Baxter War).
September 15, 1874: To suppress a white supremacist insurgency and coup in Louisiana (Battle of Liberty Place).
December 21, 1874: To handle a white supremacist insurrection and massacre in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
October 17, 1876: To disperse white supremacist paramilitaries in South Carolina during election-related violence.
Rutherford B. Hayes (19th President, served 1877–1881)
July 18, 1877: To suppress a widespread railroad strike across multiple states (Great Railroad Strike of 1877).
October 7, 1878: In response to war between rival business and gang factions in Lincoln County, New Mexico (Lincoln County War).
Chester A. Arthur (21st President, served 1881–1885)
May 3, 1882: To address gang violence and lawlessness in the Arizona Territory.
Grover Cleveland (22nd and 24th President, served 1885–1889 and 1893–1897)
November 7, 1885, and February 9, 1886: To suppress riots against Chinese citizens in the Washington Territory (anti-Chinese riots in Seattle and Tacoma).
July 8, 1894: In response to a strike across multiple states (Pullman Strike), involving railroad workers and disruptions to mail delivery.
Woodrow Wilson (28th President, served 1913–1921)
April 28, 1914: To suppress a strike and uprising by coal miners in Colorado (Colorado Coalfield War, including the Ludlow Massacre).
Warren G. Harding (29th President, served 1921–1923)
August 30, 1921: In response to a strike and uprising by coal miners in West Virginia (Battle of Blair Mountain).
Franklin D. Roosevelt (32nd President, served 1933–1945)
June 21, 1943: To suppress a race riot in Detroit amid wartime tensions.
Dwight D. Eisenhower (34th President, served 1953–1961)
September 23, 1957: To enforce school desegregation in Little Rock, Arkansas, where the state National Guard was blocking Black students from entering Central High School.
John F. Kennedy (35th President, served 1961–1963)
September 30, 1962: In response to a siege and riot at the University of Mississippi over racial integration (Ole Miss riot).
June 11, 1963: To enforce school desegregation in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where the governor was blocking Black students.
September 10, 1963: To enforce desegregation of all-white schools in Alabama, where the state National Guard was obstructing integration.
Lyndon B. Johnson (36th President, served 1963–1969) March 20, 1965:
To protect civil rights marchers from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, after state police suppressed earlier marches.
July 24, 1967: In response to protests and riots in Detroit (1967 Detroit riot).
April 5, 1968: To address riots and civil unrest in multiple states following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Ronald Reagan (40th President, served 1981–1989)
November 24, 1987: To suppress a prison riot in Atlanta, Georgia, over announced deportations of Cuban detainees.
George H. W. Bush (41st President, served 1989–1993)
September 20, 1989: In response to looting in the U.S. Virgin Islands after Hurricane Hugo.
May 1, 1992: To suppress riots in Los Angeles after the acquittal of police officers in the Rodney King beating.
As of January 2026, there have been 45 unique individuals who have served as U.S. president (accounting for Grover Cleveland's and Donald Trump's non-consecutive terms).
Of these, 15 have invoked the Insurrection Act, which represents approximately 33.3%
I think you can include George Washington on your list. The Whiskey Rebellion in Western Pennsylvania, during his second term, is likely what led to the insurrection act in the first place.
"Walz and Frey? The news just broke that these two are under investigation right now for an alleged CONSPIRACY to impede ICE agents and obstruct/hinder the execution of the law.
Trump hasn’t needed it yet, but the Trump card remains up his sleeve."
The insurrection act has already been instituted a long time ago has it not? PEADS. Presidential Emergency Action Documents.
The FBI raid on Mira Lago was in part looking for those documents.
Could there not be a more official public announcement?
Of course then to Americans... Stay in your homes while we take out the trash. In the mean time watch Pawn Stars episodes.
Also talking to each other on the web.
Yes. Here's a list. 33% of presidents have used it. Interestingly enough it's mostly been used because of diversity. One was even over an election dispute.
April 19, 1808: To address violations of the Embargo Act of 1807 around Lake Champlain, where smuggling and resistance to trade restrictions were occurring.
February 10, 1831: In response to a dispute along the Arkansas-Mexico border involving territorial and trade issues.
August 24, 1831: To suppress a slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia (Nat Turner's Rebellion).
January 28, 1834: To handle a riot stemming from a labor dispute in Maryland along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.
April 15, 1861: To combat the secession of Southern states at the outset of the American Civil War, enabling federal troops to enforce Union authority.
October 17, 1871: To counter white supremacist insurgency (including the Ku Klux Klan) across the former Confederacy during Reconstruction.
May 22, 1873: In response to violence in Louisiana following a contested election.
May 15, 1874: To address a white supremacist attempted coup in Arkansas (Brooks-Baxter War).
September 15, 1874: To suppress a white supremacist insurgency and coup in Louisiana (Battle of Liberty Place).
December 21, 1874: To handle a white supremacist insurrection and massacre in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
October 17, 1876: To disperse white supremacist paramilitaries in South Carolina during election-related violence.
July 18, 1877: To suppress a widespread railroad strike across multiple states (Great Railroad Strike of 1877).
October 7, 1878: In response to war between rival business and gang factions in Lincoln County, New Mexico (Lincoln County War).
May 3, 1882: To address gang violence and lawlessness in the Arizona Territory.
November 7, 1885, and February 9, 1886: To suppress riots against Chinese citizens in the Washington Territory (anti-Chinese riots in Seattle and Tacoma).
July 8, 1894: In response to a strike across multiple states (Pullman Strike), involving railroad workers and disruptions to mail delivery.
April 28, 1914: To suppress a strike and uprising by coal miners in Colorado (Colorado Coalfield War, including the Ludlow Massacre).
August 30, 1921: In response to a strike and uprising by coal miners in West Virginia (Battle of Blair Mountain).
June 21, 1943: To suppress a race riot in Detroit amid wartime tensions.
September 23, 1957: To enforce school desegregation in Little Rock, Arkansas, where the state National Guard was blocking Black students from entering Central High School.
September 30, 1962: In response to a siege and riot at the University of Mississippi over racial integration (Ole Miss riot).
June 11, 1963: To enforce school desegregation in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where the governor was blocking Black students.
September 10, 1963: To enforce desegregation of all-white schools in Alabama, where the state National Guard was obstructing integration.
To protect civil rights marchers from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, after state police suppressed earlier marches.
July 24, 1967: In response to protests and riots in Detroit (1967 Detroit riot).
April 5, 1968: To address riots and civil unrest in multiple states following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
November 24, 1987: To suppress a prison riot in Atlanta, Georgia, over announced deportations of Cuban detainees.
September 20, 1989: In response to looting in the U.S. Virgin Islands after Hurricane Hugo.
May 1, 1992: To suppress riots in Los Angeles after the acquittal of police officers in the Rodney King beating.
As of January 2026, there have been 45 unique individuals who have served as U.S. president (accounting for Grover Cleveland's and Donald Trump's non-consecutive terms).
Of these, 15 have invoked the Insurrection Act, which represents approximately 33.3%
Very impressive research. Thanks!
I think you can include George Washington on your list. The Whiskey Rebellion in Western Pennsylvania, during his second term, is likely what led to the insurrection act in the first place.
"Walz and Frey? The news just broke that these two are under investigation right now for an alleged CONSPIRACY to impede ICE agents and obstruct/hinder the execution of the law.
Trump hasn’t needed it yet, but the Trump card remains up his sleeve."
https://nitter.net/WarClandestine/status/2012323951230275743
I think the arrests of both of these fools will be very public and very sudden. Think Rodger Stone.
Walz and Frey need to FRY.......we want em more on the fraud
Yes ICE should just Walz right in and Frey them both!
Yep - the public is key. A good % of the public have to be on board. Otherwise we risk a civil war....
Yup. Been saying this. People disagreed but its true.
Right! You can have insurrection without a riot!
How will the Deep State counter the insurrection act?
Also... I don't think it has to be publicly announced when it goes into effect either...