Arthur P. Carpenter
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Arthur P. Carpenter was an American attorney and government official from Vermont. A Democrat, among the offices in which he served was United States Marshal for the District of Vermont and judge of t
From Volume III of 1904's Memoirs of the Judiciary and the Bar of New England of the Nineteenth Century
The Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution established the prohibition of alcohol in the United States. The amendment was proposed by Congress on December 18, 1917, and ratified by the
The Eighteenth Amendment in the National Archives
After the 36th state adopted the amendment on January 16, 1919, the U.S. Secretary of State had to issue a formal proclamation declaring its ratification. Implementing and enforcement bills had to be presented to Congress and state legislatures, to be enacted before the amendment's effective date one year later.
Prohibition agents destroying barrels of alcohol