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The '''Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic''' was a [[standing committee (United States Congress)|standing committee]] of the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] from 1893 to 1927. It was preceded by a [[select or special committee (United States Congress)|select committee]] formed in 1879 during the [[46th Congress]].<ref name=stubbs>{{citation|author=Walter Stubbs|title=Congressional Committees, 1789-1982: A Checklist|publisher=Greenwood Press|pages=5|date=1985}}</ref>
==History==
The '''Select Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic''' was established on May 16, 1879, pursuant to [[United States House of Representatives|House]] resolution. The [[select or special committee (United States Congress)|select committee]] terminated August 18, 1893, when it was made a [[standing committee (United States Congress)|standing committee]]<ref name=stubbs/>
In 1890, the Select Committee recommended the creation of a [[President of the United States|presidentially appointed]] commission on alcoholic liquor traffic. The commission was to consist of 5 members, responsible for investigating "the alcoholic, fermented, and vinous liquor traffic, in all its phases, its relation to revenue and taxation, its effect upon labor, agriculture, manufacturing and other industries and its general economic, criminal, moral, and scientific, social vice, and the public health" among other issues.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1890/03/23/103235274.pdf|title=A Fair Division Wanted|date=March 22, 1890|work=New York Times|access-date=2009-02-22 }}</ref>
==Jurisdiction==
As its name suggests, the committee was responsible for all subjects relating to [[alcoholic beverage|alcoholic liquor]] traffic, including the manufacture, distribution, and sale of intoxicating beverages in U.S. [[U.S. state|states]], [[U.S. territory|territories]], [[Federal government of the United States|government-owned]] buildings as well as the [[District of Columbia]], [[Indian reservation]]s, and [[military base]]s. The committee was also responsible for investigating issues related to the [[Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|18th Amendment]] to the [[U.S. Constitution]], which established [[Prohibition]], outlawing the production and sale of alcoholic beverages in the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic|title=Survey of Alcoholic Liquor Traffic and the Enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment|publisher=Government Printing Office|year=1925|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EwovAAAAMAAJ|access-date=2009-02-21}}</ref>
Official records of the committee generally include [[petition|petitions and memorials]] requesting the appointment of a [[Committee|commission]] to study alcoholic traffic and praying for prohibition of the manufacture, sale, and distribution through [[interstate commerce]] of [[alcohol (drug)|alcohol]] in the [[United States]] and in various locations under federal authority and its export to certain countries.<ref name="nara12">{{cite web|url=https://www.archives.gov/legislative/guide/house/table-of-contents-short.html|title=Guide to the Records of the United States House of Representatives at the National Archives, 1789-1989: Bicentennial Edition|last=Schamel|first=Charles E.|author2=Mary Rephlo |author3=Rodney Ross |author4=David Kepley |author5=Robert W. Coren |author6=James Gregory Bradsher |year=1989|publisher=National Archives and Records Administration|pages=Chapter 14|access-date=2009-02-13}}</ref>
==Members, 52nd Congress==
During the [[52nd Congress]], the committee was chaired by [[William E. Haynes]] of [[Ohio]] and the [[Ranking Member]] was [[Joseph D. Taylor]] of [[Ohio]].<ref>{{cite book|last=United States Congress|title=Official Congressional Directory|publisher=Government Printing Office|year=1893|edition=2nd|series=52nd Congress, 2nd Session|pages=134|url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015014591435|access-date=2009-02-21|oclc=457274180 }}</ref>
{| class=wikitable
! Majority
! Minority
|-
| {{party shading/Democratic}} valign=top |
* [[William E. Haynes]], ''Chairman'', Ohio
* [[Richard H. Clarke]], Alabama
* [[Posey G. Lester]], Virginia
* [[Charles Barwig]], Wisconsin
* [[Thomas D. English]], New Jersey
* [[Joseph Bailey (congressman)|Joseph Bailey]], Texas
* [[Thomas Bowman (Iowa)|Thomas Bowman]], Iowa
| {{party shading/Republican}} valign=top |
* [[Joseph D. Taylor]], ''Ranking Member'', Ohio
* [[Elijah A. Morse]], Massachusetts
* [[Matthew Griswold (congressman)|Matthew Griswold]], Pennsylvania
* [[John T. Cutting]], California
|}
==References==
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[[Category:Defunct committees of the United States House of Representatives|Alcoholic Liquor Traffic]]
[[Category:1893 establishments in Washington, D.C.]]
[[Category:1927 disestablishments in Washington, D.C.]]
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