Maine law

This article is about Maine's 1851 temperance law. For the law school, see University of Maine School of Law.
Neal Dow (1804 – 1897), mayor of Portland, Maine, was known as the Napoleon of Temperance

The Maine Law (or "Maine Liquor Law"), passed on June 2, 1851[1] in Maine, was the first[2] statutory implementation of the developing temperance movement in the United States.

  1. ^ Maine Secretary of State, Acts & Resolves Passed by the Thirty-First Legislature of the State of Maine, A.D. 1851, Augusta, Maine: William T. Johnson, 1851, Ch. 211.
  2. ^ "TBT: Maine Becomes the First State to Outlaw Alcohol". Boston Magazine. 2016-06-02. Retrieved 2020-03-11.