the 18th amendment went into effect on january 16, 1920.
the 18th amendment went into effect on january 16, 1920.
when did the 18th amendment go into effect?
january 16 , 1920 .
during 1919, the united states congress passed the eighteenth amendment to the united states constitution, banning the sale of liquor, and the nineteenth amendment to the united states constitution, granting women the right to vote. at the passage of each amendment, goodrich called a special one-day legislative session to have the amendments ratified by the state. when he signed the 18th amendment into law, indiana became the final state needed to add it to the federal constitution, beginning national prohibition. among goodrich's other accomplishments in office were the creation of a state highway commission, creation of a department of conservation on the heels of the development of state parks (at the behest of his close friend richard lieber), and approval for the creation of the indiana world war memorial. he called a one-day session of the legislature on january 16, 1920, to ratify the women's suffrage amendment to the united states constitution.
james p. goodrich
in the case of ohio and the 18th amendment, the legislature ratified the amendment and, before the ninety-day waiting period had passed, the secretary of state, robert lansing, declared the 18th amendment to be in effect. meanwhile, a petition was signed by at least six percent of the voters and, in the ensuing referendum, a majority of ohio voters voted against prohibition, seemingly invalidating the passage of the 18th amendment. the controversy regarding this situation eventually led to a court case which made it to the u.s. supreme court.
hawke v. smith