Jacob E. Haugen

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:New York
Time Imprisoned:
1 Year 6 Months 0 Days
Support
Anti-War Conscientious Objection
Jacob E. Haugen

Biography

Jacob E. Haugen was a conscientious objector from New York imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth; Fort Douglas. Sentenced to 25 years in prison - reduced to 3 years. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: registered for the draft on June 5, 1917 as a CO; classified as 1A; interviewed by Special Bd. for disobedience of orders at Upton in June 1918, at Leavenworth on July 1918, and at the Disciplinary Barracks on Jan. 5, 1919; sentenced to 25 years in prison - reduced to 3 years; …

Case

United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
Charges: Disobeying orders; refusal of military service (World War I court-martial of a conscientious objector)
Incarcerated: June 1917
Released: December 1918
Sentence: Sentenced to 25 years in prison - reduced to 3 years. Held at Fort Leavenworth; Fort Douglas. Released 1918 (Dec.).
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Kansas

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