Wayne Wheeler

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Wayne Wheeler
Leader of the Anti-Saloon League
In office 1919 – September 5, 1927
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