Claim Citation Readiness
Claim Count
2
Claim Fact-Check Status
Claims
Contributors
Date Precision
Exact day
Destination URL
Display Date
December 5, 1932
End Sort Year
1932
Era
Prohibition and Repeal
Event ID
81
Evidence Confidence
Strong
Featured?
Geography
Washington, D.C., United States
Historical Significance
A failed vote supplied the convention mechanism later incorporated into the successful repeal proposal.
Last Reviewed
September 2, 2026
Publication Status
Published
Record Type
Event
Research Notes
Do not label this the passage of Repeal. Its importance lies in the mechanism that survived the failed resolution.
Scope
American Whiskey Core
Start Sort Year
1932
Summary
Representative Henry T. Rainey introduced H.J. Res. 480 with a state-convention ratification provision; the measure failed to reach the required two-thirds House vote.
Thematic Lanes
Law and TaxationCulture and Consumption
Timeline Date
December 5, 1932
Evidence anchor
Official U.S. House history of the Twenty-first Amendment, fully reviewed and preserved.
Drafting guardrail
State that the resolution failed; explain why its convention provision mattered later.