A US organization established in 1893 which inaugurated a nation-wide campaign in 1895, with the aim of forbidding alcoholic drink by amending the US Constitution and by state and local anti-alcohol laws. It was primarily responsible for the adoption of Prohibition. The League remained in being during and after the Prohibition period (192033), and became part of the National Temperance League in 1950.
The Anti-Saloon League was the leading organization lobbying for Prohibition in the United States in the early 20th century.
Founded as a state society in Oberlin, Ohio in 1893, its influence spread rapidly. In 1895 it became a national organization and quickly rose to become the most powerful prohibition lobby in America.
The League lobbied at all levels of government for legislation to prohibit the manufacture of alcohol.
In 1909, the league moved its national headquarters from Washington, DC to Westerville, Ohio.
From 1948 until 1950 it was known as the Temperance League, from 1950 to 1964 it was called the National Temperance League;
The American Issue Publishing Company, the publishing arm of the ASL was also opened in Westerville. Ernest Cherrington headed The American Issue Publishing Company.
Throughout the prohibition era, the American Issue Publishing Company was printing so many leaflets that Westerville became the smallest town to have a first class post office. Over forty tons of mail per month were generated by the American Issue Publishing Company.
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