NEAL DOW(1804-1897)

By: Justin Hong“Here is a fearful enemy of God and man--the liquor traffic; it makes ruthless war upon the people; it blasts and destroys their homes as with pestilence and fire; it kills savagely, cruelly, more than a hundred thousand of them every year; robbing them first and driving wives and children to rain and despair.”

NEAL DOW ’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS

After he was elected as the mayor of Portland, Dow passed the “Maine Law” (1851), which made completely put temperance into effect in Maine. This was repealed in 1856.

In 1989, his autobiography The Reminiscences of Neal Dow was published.

Dow led a path for the temperance movement across the U.S. and also helped to abolish slavery by spreading his ideals.