What was a brief but violent period of civil unrest in response to the Maine law, who's opponents of an American Prohibition advocate and politician Nicknamed the "Napoleon of Temperance" rioted ?
Portland Rum Riot The Portland Rum Riot, also called the Maine Law Riot, was a brief but violent period of civil unrest that occurred in Portland, Maine on June 2, 1855, in response to the Maine law which prohibited the sale and manufacture of alcohol in the state from 1851.
George F. Cotterill George Fletcher Cotterill (November 18, 1865 – October 13, 1958), born in Oxford, England, was an American civil servant and politician. His public career in Seattle and the state of Washington lasted over 40 years; Cotterill was a Georgist progressive. He was an advocate of woman suffrage, prohibition, land value tax, municipalization of port facilities and utilities, and the development of public parks.