Andrew Volstead is best remembered as the author of the Volstead Act. It is officially the National Prohibition Act of 1919. The Volstead Act was very important. It enabled enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment. (That’s the “Prohibition Amendment.”) I. Volstead-Wheeler Dispute However, it appears that the author of the bill was largely Wayne Wheeler. He … Continue reading Andrew Volstead: Tool or Dedicated Prohibitionist?