Nation's Prohibition Becomes Eighteenth Amendment
The United States quickly ratified the Sheppard prohibition amendment, making nationwide ban on manufacturing selling and transporting intoxicating liquors the law. Ratification by states occurred in under thirteen months, with Mississippi Virginia Kentucky and South Carolina among early movers. Legal challenges and referenda are anticipated in several states as anti prohibition forces weigh court actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Sheppard
United States
Morris Sheppard
Texas
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
House
Thomas R. Marshall
Mississippi
Virginia
Kentucky
South Carolina
North Dakota
H. W. Blair
New Hampshire
Hobson
Alabama
Works
California
San Francisco
Stephens
Arkansas
Colorado
Maine
Nevada
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Oregon
Utah
Washington
Missouri
The
Anti-Saloon League
Aquor
Prohibition Party Marks Fifty Year Jubilee Milestone
A historical overview traces the Prohibition party from its Chicago inception in 1872 and its 1884 campaign led by John P. St John and Frances Willard. It details vote totals, key figures, and the role of the W C T U in promoting temperance through politics and education, including later splits and enduring influence.
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John P. St. John
Mies Willard
Farwell Hall
Chicago
Good Templars
Pennsylvania
Grand Lodge of the Good Templars
Oswego
N. Y
John Russell
Detroit
J. A. Spencer
Cleveland
James Black
Lancaster
John N. Stearns
New
National Temperance Society
Green Clay Smith
Kentucky
Gideon T. Stewart
Neal Dow
Maine
H. A. Thompson
St. John
Frances E. Willard
Miss Willard
Prohibition Party
Kansas
New York State
James G. Blaine
Grover Cleveland
Bent-ley
Nebraska
Southgate
Winds
ISS
Clinton B. Fisk
New Jersey
J. A. Brooks
Missouri
John Bidwell
California
J. B. Cranfill
Texas
Joshua Levering
Maryland
Hale Johnson
Illinois
John G. Woolley
Hi. B. Metcalf
Rhode Island
Ohio
Chautauqua
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Frances ©. Willard
Ita
W. GT. U
Temperance Legion
Young Peoples
Pioneers of Prohibition Fame Frames a Temperance Legacy
A retrospective remembers Neal Dow, John B. Gough, Frances Willard, and Carrie Nation for shaping the anti liquor crusade. It highlights Dow’s Maine Law, Gough’s worldwide lectures, Willard’s WCTU leadership, and Nation’s saloon smashing, along with the rise of state laws and the 18th Amendment.
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Neal Dow
Maine
John B. Gough
Frances EB. Willard
Carrie Nation
Portland
Maine Volunteers
Libby
General Dow
England
United States
Massachusetts
Corrie Nation
David Nation
Medicine Lodge
Kan
Little Hatchet
Kansas
Eiona
Wichita
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Champ Clark
Montana
Delaware
South Dakota
Arizona
North
Carolina
Loulalong
Florida
Michigan
Idaho
Tennessee
Francis Murphy
Ww. Co. T. U
Frances Willard
Frances
Willard
Churchville
Northwestern Female College
Evanston, IL
Northwestern University
Topeka
Stanley
Connecticut
Town
Georgia
North Carolina
West Virginia
Wyoming
Mra
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