Portrait of Andrew J. Volstead of Minnesota. — Open the full imageJPG, 740 × 1024 px, 0.1 MB

Andrew J. Volstead of Minnesota, portrait (1921-1922)

Library of Congress National Photo Company portrait labeled "Andrew J. Volstead, Minn.", the Minnesota congressman whose name is attached to the National Prohibition Act.

Date: 1921/1922
Kind: photograph
Source: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Retrieved: 2026-10-11
Rights: The Library of Congress item record states: "No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see National Photo Company Collection - Rights and Restrictions Information https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/275_npco.html" Collection: National Photo Company Collection. Call number: LC-F81- 12098 [P&P]. Reproduction number: LC-DIG-npcc-21190 (digital file from original).

The Library of Congress title is “Andrew J. Volstead, Minn.” The record carries only the National Photo Company label and does not describe his role. The National Prohibition Act, which bears his name in common usage, is filed here as the enrolled act at the National Archives and as page 305 of volume 41 of the Statutes at Large. Neither of those texts names him; this page does not state the authorship of the bill.

The negative is dated by the Library between 1921 and 1922. The copy stored here is the Library of Congress service JPEG.

itemNational Prohibition Act, 41 Stat. 305 (Chapter 85, 28 October 1919)Page 305 of volume 41 of the Statutes at Large, printing the opening of Chapter 85 (H.R. 6810, Public No. 66), "An Act to prohibit intoxicating beverages", with its short title "National Prohibition Act" and the Title I definition of intoxicating beverages.

itemEnrolled National Prohibition Act (Volstead Act), 28 October 1919National Archives enrolled copy, first page, of H.R. 6810, the National Prohibition Act, with the title "An Act to prohibit intoxicating beverages" and a Department of State stamp dated 28 October 1919.