Andrew Volstead
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 enabling legislation for the enforcement of Prohibition in the United States beginning in 1920.
31 October 1860
Born on the same birth date (31 October 1860): Juliette Gordon Low
Born on the same birth day (31 October): Abraham Wald • B. H. Liddell Hart • Boston Custer • Brian Doyle-Murray • Charles Leroux • Neal Stephenson • Scott McGough • Senesino • William H. McNeill
Born in the same month (October 1860): Elmer Ambrose Sperry • Frank Eaton • Henry Campbell Black • John D. Batten • Juliette Gordon Low • Kanō Jigorō • Leonidas Paraskevopoulos