Talk:William D. Upshaw

According to Upshaw's grandson, Thomas Upshaw Tuten, a physician in Anderson,SC, the congressman was able to stand with assistance, but NOT able to walk prior his healing. According to him, there was no doubt at all about his miraculous healing among those who knew him, and he was never in a wheelchair again prior to his death. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1004:B043:BF11:FCE7:A08F:E90A:F6A8 (talk) 17:23, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

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The source for this Wikipedia entry was "Temperance Movement Groups and Leaders in the U.S.," from which the reference and other materialo on bold was taken. The omission of the source reference has now been corrected.David Justin 23:53, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

William D. Upshaw(1866-1952) served eight years in Congress (1919-1927), '''where he was such a strong proponent of the temperance movement that he became known as the "driest of the drys.". He served as vice-president of the Georgia Anti-Saloon League in 1906 and played a major role in passage of state-wide prohibition in that state in 1907, making it the first dry state in the South.'''

'''The defense of prohibition was a major factor in the establishment of the second Ku Klux Klan ("Klan of the 1920s") in 1915. However, Upshaw was not sympathetic with the Klan, and, on one occasion, ran against a Klan-supported candidate for public office.'''

Known as the "Billy Sunday of Congress," Upshaw was supported politically by the most powerful names in Southern Protestantism, including evangelist Bob Jones, Sr., the Founder of what eventually became Bob Jones University. Upshaw served as a member of the Board of Trustees from the founding of Bob Jones College in Lynn Haven, Florida in 1927 until he was dropped from the Board in 1932 because of failure to attend the annual Board meetings or file his voting proxies. (See William David Upshaw Correspondence file, Bob Jones University Archives, Mack Library.)

'''In 1932, he was the Prohibition Party candidate for the presidency of the United States, losing to Franklin D. Roosevelt, who favored repeal of prohibition. For the remainder of his life the was a strong supporter of the prohibition of alcoholic beverages.'''

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I'm not sure why they claimed he wasn't sympathetic to the Klan when he clearly was given the fact that he testified before Congress on their behalf, helped to squash the congressional probe of the Klan, and at least according to internal Klan newsletters at the time was secretly a member. I removed the statement saying he was not sympathetic to them from the main article and posted a quote from him where he does defend them and include the sources.DanStevens (talk) 12:40, 24 August 2019 (UTC)

Not clear
It is not clear why Upshaw was crippled in the first place. Polio might have been behind this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.150.234.8 (talk) 10:19, 10 June 2014 (UTC)