WICKERSHAM COMMISSION

Wickersham Commission

Wickersham Commission

The Wickersham charge (1929-1931) (officially The National charge on Law Observance and Enforcement) was the first government review of law enforcement in the joined States. While it comprised of some committees such as the causes and charges of misdeed, operating government enclosures, and authorized corruption, the most well known task was to evaluate Prohibition, as it existed under the 18th Amendment and the Volstead Act.

The commission was known popularly as the Wickersham charge, after its chairperson, GeorgeW. Wickersham (1858-1936) a prominent New York solicitor and former U.S. attorney general under leader Taft. The Wickersham ...