he obviously did not abide to it. he stocked up alcohol in the White House and enjoyed his time with his friends...obviously hes violating the law.
prohibition act
prohibition act
President Herbert Hoover visited the Belgian Embassy to drink alcohol during prohibition because it was legally Not U.S. soil and prohibition was not in effect there.
Warren Gamaliel Harding
The prohibition Era was from 1920 - 1933 Four presidents served within those 13 years. And they are: Woodrow Wilson Warren Harding Calvin Coolidge Herbert C. Hoover
In 1924 Coolidge, who had replaced Harding,was elected to a term of his own. He more or less continued the Harding administration- isolationist foreign policy and miniimal government interference with business. Continuaton of prohibition.
Harding was pretty much in tune with the times. If he had not been there, someone else with about the same views would have been President. The theme was isolationism in foreign policy and minimal regulation of business. Prohibition was in effect, but Harding did not cause it although he did not try to repeal it.
Many people in power ignored Prohibition, and President Harding was no exception. It is absolutely true that during his time in office, he often played poker with his buddies, and it is also true that he even gambled away the White House china as a result of losing at poker. Mr. Harding also was notorious for drinking while prohibition was in effect; when his friends came to the White House, they were served various kinds of alcoholic beverages.
Harding's campaign which was against US involvement in European affairs and for Prohibition worked, so I would guess that a man with Harding's points of view was what people were looking for. (Harding turned out to be a disappointment, but his successor, Coolidge, who had essentially the same views, won easily in 1924.)
Harding won the Republican nomination. People were tired of the war and Wilson and his campaign to keep the US involved in Europe through the League of Nations. Harding promised a return to the better times before the War. !920 was the first election in which all the women could vote. Harding's good looks may have been a factor -- also his support of prohibition.
Government and business
Government and business