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Prohibition party

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noun

  1. a U.S. political party organized in 1869, advocating the prohibition of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages.


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The Prohibition party is the oldest third party in the US, but like other small parties it faces difficulties getting on the ballot in many states.

From The Guardian • Oct. 26, 2018

Knox hopes to get the Prohibition party on the ballot in seven states – including Wisconsin and Ohio, which were key to Trump’s victory in 2016.

From The Guardian • Oct. 26, 2018

The earliest was August 26, 1887, when the New York Times reported a speech by Fred Wheeler at a Prohibition party convention.

From Time • Feb. 20, 2016

The picture offers one spiffy spoof of the '205, a Prohibition party with hoofing on the pool table, dunking in the fish pond and a charge at the punch bowl with drawn sabers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Next came the Prohibition party convention, and the nomination of Neal Dow and Henry Adams Thompson.

From A School History of the United States by McMaster, John Bach

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