Wayne Wheeler

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Leader of the Anti-Saloon League

In office
1919 - September 5, 1927

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Born  |  November 10, 1869
Trumbull County, Ohio
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[edit]

He was a supporter of Prohibition and the banning of alcohol.

## Quotes[edit]

* "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]

## References[edit]

1. ↑ Wayne B. Wheeler: The Man Who Turned Off the Taps, Smithsonian Institution
2. ↑ Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition