Sheppard Bone-Dry Act
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The Sheppard Bone-Dry Act, sponsored by Sen. Morris Sheppard
(D) of Texas, was passed by the US Congress in 1917. It imposed a ban on alcoholic beverages
in the District of Columbia.
Morris Sheppard
John Morris Sheppard was a Democratic United States Congressman and United States Senator from Texas. He authored the Eighteenth Amendment and introduced it in the Senate, so that he is referred to as "the father of national Prohibition."-Biography:John Morris Sheppard was born in Morris County...
(D) of Texas, was passed by the US Congress in 1917. It imposed a ban on alcoholic beverages
Prohibition
Prohibition of alcohol, often referred to simply as prohibition, is the practice of prohibiting the manufacture, transportation, import, export, sale, and consumption of alcohol and alcoholic beverages. The term can also apply to the periods in the histories of the countries during which the...
in the District of Columbia.