Claim Citation Readiness
Claim Count
2
Claim Fact-Check Status
Claims
Date Precision
Exact day
Destination URL
Display Date
February 15, 1933
End Sort Year
1933
Era
Prohibition and Repeal
Event ID
82
Evidence Confidence
Strong
Featured?
Geography
Washington, D.C., United States
Historical Significance
Established the mechanism that would send Repeal to specially elected state conventions rather than state legislatures.
Last Reviewed
September 2, 2026
Publication Status
Published
Record Type
Event
Research Notes
Keep this amendment action distinct from Senate passage on February 16 and House passage on February 20.
Scope
American Whiskey Core
Start Sort Year
1933
Summary
Senator Joseph T. Robinson restored Rainey’s state-convention ratification provision to the Senate repeal resolution.
Thematic Lanes
Law and TaxationCulture and Consumption
Timeline Date
February 15, 1933
Evidence anchor
Official U.S. House history, fully reviewed and preserved.
Drafting guardrail
This is the convention-provision milestone, not final congressional submission.