In 1872 he ran for President of the United States as an independent candidate; that year he was jailed for defending Victoria Woodhull against obscenity charges for an issue her newspaper had published on an alleged adulterous affair.
He ran for President of the United States as an independent candidate. This was in 1872. That year he was jailed for defending Victoria Woodhull against obscenity charges for an issue. Her newspaper had published on an alleged adulterous affair an issue.