Andrew Volstead was born on 1860-10-31.
Andrew Volstead died on 1947-01-20.
Andrew John Volstead House was created in 1878.
The Volstead Act is named after Andrew Volstead of Minnesota.
The web address of the Andrew John Volstead House is: http://www.gfhistoricalsociety.weebly.com
The phone number of the Andrew John Volstead House is: 320-564-2255.
The address of the Andrew John Volstead House is: 163 9Th Ave, Granite Falls, MN 56241
The 66th United States Congress passed the Volstead Act October 28, 1919. It was first introduced in the House by Andrew Volstead.
Andrew Volstead the chairman of the house of judiciary committee
Andrew Volstead is best remembered as the author of the Volstead Act (officially known as the National Prohibition Act of 1919), which permitted enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (the Prohibition Amendment). The Volstead Act was vetoed by President Woodrow Wilson but overridden by Congress. It appears that the author of the bill was largely Wayne Wheeler, the de facto leader of the Anti-Saloon League. It was Wheeler who conceived and largely drafted the bill, although Volstead denied that assertion. Volstead was chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and it was his job to sponsor the legislation. Nevertheless, Prohibition transformed the name of an otherwise obscure legislator from Minnesota into a household word. The name Volstead was cursed by some, praised by others, but known by all.
The Volstead Act provided enforcement
1922
unfortanatly not all of the states could ratify the volstead act because it required heavy funding