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| + | |name=Wayne Wheeler | ||
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| + | |birth_date=November 10, 1869 | ||
| + | |birth_place=Trumbull County, Ohio | ||
| + | |death_date=September 5, 1927 | ||
| + | |death_place=Battle Creek, Michigan | ||
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| + | |office=Leader of the [[Anti-Saloon League]] | ||
| + | |term_start=1919 | ||
| + | |term_end=September 5, 1927 | ||
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'''Wayne Wheeler''' was the most prominent leader of the [[Anti-Saloon League]], and directly credited with the effort to create the [[Eighteenth Amendment]].<ref>[http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/wayne-b-wheeler-the-man-who-turned-off-the-taps-14783512/?no-ist Wayne B. Wheeler: The Man Who Turned Off the Taps], [[Smithsonian Institution]]</ref> | '''Wayne Wheeler''' was the most prominent leader of the [[Anti-Saloon League]], and directly credited with the effort to create the [[Eighteenth Amendment]].<ref>[http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/wayne-b-wheeler-the-man-who-turned-off-the-taps-14783512/?no-ist Wayne B. Wheeler: The Man Who Turned Off the Taps], [[Smithsonian Institution]]</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Prohibition== | ||
| + | He was a supporter of Prohibition and the banning of alcohol. | ||
==Quotes== | ==Quotes== | ||
Latest revision as of 19:46, May 8, 2021
| Wayne Wheeler | |
Leader of the Anti-Saloon League
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| In office 1919 – September 5, 1927 | |
| Born | November 10, 1869 Trumbull County, Ohio |
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| Died | September 5, 1927 Battle Creek, Michigan |
Wayne Wheeler was the most prominent leader of the Anti-Saloon League, and directly credited with the effort to create the Eighteenth Amendment.[1]
Prohibition
He was a supporter of Prohibition and the banning of alcohol.
Quotes
- "The government is under no obligation to furnish the people with alcohol that is drinkable, when the Constitution prohibits it. The person who drinks this alcohol is a deliberate suicide."[2]