Oklahoma Goes Wet: The Repeal of Prohibition
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Book Co. - Eagleton Institute of Rutgers University, NJ
Published: 1960
Place of publication: Columbus, Ohio, USA
Table of contents: title: Oklhahoma entered the Union in 1907 with Prohibition as part of its state constitution -- the only state to do so. It was a happy political ground for those fighting "Demon Rum" in the late 19th and 20th centuries. But its ability to enforce Prohibition never matched its zeal to prohibit it, and by mid-century it was ready to give up the fight. On April 7, 1959 the State of Oklhoma voted to repeal Constitutional Prohibition and finally put to rest Will Roger's famous quip that "Oklahomans will vote dry as long as they can stagger to the polls."