Wheeler, Wayne Bidwell

(1869–1927) lawyer, activist; born in Trumbull County, Ohio. He graduated from Oberlin College in 1895 and became a lawyer as a means of working for prohibition through the Anti-Saloon League. Deeply involved all his life in league activities in Ohio and the nation, he became a powerful lobbyist for prohibition. By 1920, when national prohibition went into effect, he and his allies already had campaigned successfully for restrictive liquor legislation in 33 states.

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