Claim Citation Readiness
Claim Count
2
Claim Fact-Check Status
Claims
Contributors
Date Precision
Exact year
Destination URL
Display Date
1932
End Sort Year
1932
Era
Prohibition and Repeal
Event ID
80
Evidence Confidence
Strong
Featured?
Geography
United States
Historical Significance
Marks the movement of Repeal into a successful national presidential platform and a favorable federal political opening.
Last Reviewed
September 2, 2026
Publication Status
Published
Record Type
Event
Research Notes
The official House source supplies the year, not a single campaign-day milestone. January 1 is a synthetic sorting anchor. Retain the source’s “some voters” scope for tax-revenue interest.
Scope
American Whiskey Core
Start Sort Year
1932
Summary
Franklin D. Roosevelt made ending Prohibition part of his successful 1932 presidential campaign amid Depression-era interest in legal liquor tax revenue.
Thematic Lanes
Law and TaxationBusiness and MarketsCulture and Consumption
Timeline Date
January 1, 1932
Evidence anchor
History, Art & Archives, U.S. House of Representatives, “About Prohibition,” complete page reviewed and preserved.
Drafting guardrail
Describe economic distress and the campaign as a political opening, not an automatic cause of repeal.