Willis Greenleaf Calderwood (July 25, 1866 – 1956) was a Minnesota politician during the Progressive Era of American politics and was a candidate in multiple state elections in Minnesota.

Biography

Calderwood was born on July 25, 1866, in Fox Lake, Wisconsin. He ran in several statewide elections in Minnesota. In

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, he ran for governor of Minnesota on the Prohibition ticket. He only received 18,582 votes, 5.41% of the total. Soon after this loss he challenged incumbent Republican senator Knute Nelson. Calderwood ran as a member of the National Party, which was a coalition of

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, Socialists, and

Prohibitionists Prohibition is the act or practice of forbidding something by law; more particularly the term refers to the banning of the manufacture, storage (whether in barrels or in bottles), transportation, sale, possession, and consumption of alcoholic ...

. In his

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senate run, he once again lost. In 1940, Calderwood published the book ''Temperance Facts''. It was a compiled book of information on prohibition, and argued that national prohibition was a successful policy, and it would be best if reestablished. He also published many other books on the issue of Prohibition. He died in 1956 at the age of 89.

References

* ''Temperance Facts'' by Willis G. Calderwood {{DEFAULTSORT:Calderwood, Willis G. 1866 births 1956 deaths Minnesota Prohibitionists People from Dodge County, Wisconsin