Editing Andrew Volstead (section)

==Congressional career==
While in Congress, he served as chairman of the [[House Judiciary Committee]] from 1919 to 1923. Although often considered the author of the Volstead Act, he collaborated with [[Wayne Wheeler]] of the [[Anti-Saloon League]], who conceived and largely drafted the bill. However, Volstead sponsored the bill and championed, promoted and facilitated its passage.<ref>{{cite web|title=The 18th Amendment |url=http://www.albany.edu/~wm731882/18th_amendment_final.html |publisher=University at Albany, SUNY |access-date=20 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011233333/http://www.albany.edu/~wm731882/18th_amendment_final.html |archive-date=October 11, 2014 }}</ref> He also helped author the [[Capper–Volstead Act]], which enabled farmers to form locally owned cooperatives without fear of prosecution under the [[Sherman Antitrust Act]]. The law is still in effect.

Volstead was a member of the [[58th United States Congress|58th]], [[59th United States Congress|59th]], [[60th United States Congress|60th]], [[61st United States Congress|61st]], [[62nd United States Congress|62nd]], [[63rd United States Congress|63rd]], [[64th United States Congress|64th]], [[65th United States Congress|65th]], [[66th United States Congress|66th]], and [[67th United States Congress|67th congresses]]. He was defeated in his attempt to be elected to an 11th term in 1922. Shortly thereafter he was hired as legal adviser to the chief of the [[National Prohibition Enforcement Bureau]].

Upon [[Repeal of Prohibition in the United States|repeal of Prohibition]] in 1933, Volstead returned to Granite Falls, Minnesota, where he resumed the private practice of law.

He died in 1947. Volstead's [[Andrew John Volstead House|former home]], located at 163 Ninth Avenue, Granite Falls, Minnesota, is a [[National Historic Landmark]]. He is buried in the Granite Falls city cemetery.<ref>{{Bioguide|article=Volstead, Andrew John, (1860–1947)|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=V000114}}</ref>