Claim: Andrew Jackson was a president.

The United States Force Bill , formally titled `` An Act further to provide for the collection of duties on imports '' , -LRB- 1833 -RRB- , refers to legislation enacted by the 22nd U.S. Congress on March 2 , 1833 , during the Nullification Crisis .   Passed by Congress at the urging of President Andrew Jackson , the Force Bill consisted of eight sections expanding presidential power and was designed to compel the state of South Carolina 's compliance with a series of federal tariffs , opposed by John C. Calhoun and other leading South Carolinians . Among other things , the legislation stipulated that the president could , if he deemed it necessary , deploy the U.S. Army to force South Carolina to comply with the law .   The relevant sections of the Force Bill are :  Section 1 deals with unlawful obstructions to the collections of import duties ; by securing ports and harbors for the protection of duty collectors , allowing for the detention of vessels and cargoes to enforce revenue laws , and authorizes the president to use armed forces to protect customs officers and to prevent the unauthorized removal of untaxed vessels and cargo .  Section 2 expands the jurisdiction of federal courts to cases arising from revenue collections by the U.S. government and allows injured parties in revenue cases to sue in court . It deems property detained by customs officers to be in the custody of the law , subject to disposition by court order only , and criminalizes anyone who circumvents the legal process in regaining detained property as guilty of a misdemeanor .  Section 5 deals with States , or portions within a state , who employ force , or any other unlawful means , to obstruct the execution of U.S. federal law , or interfere with the process of any federal court . This section authorizes the president to use whatever force necessary to suppress such insurrections , `` and to cause the said laws or process to be duly executed '' .  Section 6 deals with states that refuse to jail persons imprisoned under federal law . It authorizes U.S. marshals to jail such persons in `` other convenient places , within the limits of said state '' and to make provisions for this purpose .  Section 8 is a sunset clause , stating that the `` first and fifth sections of this act , shall be in force until the end of the next session of Congress , and no longer . ''