Anti-Saloon League

The Anti-Saloon League was the leading organization lobbying for prohibition in the United States in the early 20th century. It was founded as a state society in Westerville, Ohio in 1893, but its influence spread rapidly. In 1895 it became a national organization and quickly rose to become the most powerful prohibition lobby in America. It drew most of its support from Protestant evangelical churches, and it lobbied at all levels of government for legislation to prohibit the manufacture of alcohol.

Related Topics:
Lobbying - Prohibition - United States - Westerville, Ohio - Protestant - Evangelical - Alcohol

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From 1948 until 1950 it was known as the Temperance League, from 1950 to 1964 it was called the National Temperance League; from then it has been known as the American Council on Alcohol Problems. To this day it remains true to its temperance agenda.

Related Topics:
American Council on Alcohol Problems - Temperance

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The best single source of information about the Anti-Saloon League is Peter H. Odegard, Pressure Politics: Story of the Anti-Saloon League. New York: Columbia University Press, 1928, reprinted 1966).

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