WARREN G. HARDING Prohibition Prohibition, a legal ban on the manufacture, sale and transportation of alcohol was adopted on a national level with the ratification of the 18th amendment to the US Constitution, January 16, 1919. It became law one year later, as per the conditions of the amendment. Prohibition was repealed by adoption of the 21st amendment on December 5, 1933. HARDING, WARREN G. (1865-1923) Warren Harding was the 29th president of the United States. He was inaugurated …showed first 75 words of 378 total…

…showed last 75 words of 378 total…died on August 2, 1923. The official cause of death was listed as a stroke. Some doctors felt that a more likely cause was a heart attack. Some people believed that Harding's wife had finally become fed up with his affairs, and poisoned him because the scandal was coming to the surface. The fact that Mrs. Harding refused to allow an autopsy, and would not permit a death mask to be made gave fuel to these rumors.