Howard Hyde Russell
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Howard Hyde Russell (1855-1946), was the founder of the Anti-Saloon League. Following a religious conversion, he gave up the practice of law to become a minister. In 1893 he organized the Ohio Anti-Saloon League. In 1895, when the Anti-Saloon League was established at the national level, Russell was elected superintendent. He mentored future leaders of the league, including Wayne Wheeler and Ernest Cherrington.
Russell also established the Lincoln-Lee Legion to promote the signing of temperance pledges by children and other young people. He is reported to have raised five million dollars to promote the temperance movement.
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- Asbury, Herbert. The Great Illusion; An Informaal History of Prohibition. NY: Doubledsay, 1950.
- Blocker, Jack S. American Temperance Movements: Cycles of Reform. Boston: Twayne, 1989.
- Odegard, Peter H. Pressure Politics: The Story of the Anti-Saloon League. NY: Columbia University Press, 1928.
- Timberlake, James H. Prohibition and the Progressive Movements,: 1900-1920. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1963.
- Westerville (Ohio) Public Library. Leaders: Howard Hyde Russell. Westerville Public Library website.
