Andrew Volstead, American member of the United States House of Representatives (born 1860)

Andrew Volstead

American politician (1860–1947)

Andrew John Volstead was an American member of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota, 1903–1923, and a member of the Republican Party. His name is closely associated with the National Prohibition Act of 1919, usually called the Volstead Act. The act was the…