Missouri Prohibition Convention results map (1933)

[RBH]

In 1933, they held state conventions to ratify the 21st Amendment (repealing prohibition).

In Missouri, the election pitted the Wets against the Drys.

I photocopied the results out of the 1933-1934 Missouri Blue Book.

Wets are in Blue
Drys are in Red



The final total given by the state is 503642 to 156941 (75% to 25%) in favor of repeal.

A few County results:

St. Louis City: 95-5 Repeal (181055 votes)
St. Louis County: 94-6 Repeal (41503 votes)
Jackson County: 88-12 Repeal (150906 votes)

Counties won by Hoover in 1932-
Douglas: 62-38 Prohibition (1686 votes)
Gasconade: 88-12 Repeal (2096 votes)
Hickory: 81-19 Prohibition (1348 votes)
Ozark: 75-25 Prohibition (1517 votes)
Putnam: 76-24 Prohibition (1590 votes)
Taney: 51-49 Repeal (1446 votes)
Warren: 82-18 Repeal (1508 votes)

Other counties-
Perry: 94-6 Repeal (2629 votes)
St Charles: 93-7 Repeal (4314 votes)
Ste Genevieve: 93-7 Repeal (1688 votes)

Basically this map could also be a good reference for which counties in Missouri are predominantly German.

The current top 10 German counties in Missouri-
Osage: 85-15 Repeal (2675 votes)
Perry
Gasconade
Franklin: 88-12 Repeal (5289 votes)
Ste Genevieve
St. Charles
Warren
Cole: 89-11 Repeal (4889 votes)
Jefferson: 89-11 Repeal (3800 votes)
Montgomery: 60-40 Repeal (2164 votes)

Perhaps the Germans just moved into Montgomery County.

I'm sure some looking could produce other maps of results for conventions on the 21st Amendment.

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Rural vs Urban apparently.

[RBH]

City Slickers and Germans v. Small-Towners

Missouri actually had the second largest winery in the United States at the time that Prohibition was passed (The Stone Hill Winery)