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Andrew Volstead
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Andrew Volstead
Andrew John Volstead
(October 31, 1860 – January 20, 1947) 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 national
prohibition
beginning in 1920.
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