ANDREW JOHN VOLSTEAD


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Andrew John Volstead

The American people have said that they do not want any liquor sold, and they have said it emphatically by passing almost unanimously the constitutional amendment '
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He was Chairman of the Judiciary Committee and had sponsored the legislation enforcing Prohibition which was named for him as the Volstead Act. The American people soon changed their mind and flip flopped by passing another Constitutional Amendment nullifying the earlier Constitutional Amerndment.

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Andrew John Volstead
  • Born: October 31, 1860
  • Died: January 20, 1947
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Andrew John Volstead /ˈvɒlsted/ was an American member of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota, 1903–1923, and a member of the Republican Party. His name is closely associated with the National Prohibition Act of 1919, usually called the Volstead Act. The act was the enabling legislation for the enforcement of Prohibition in the United States beginning in 1920.