Richmond P Hobson was born August 17, 1870. After serving in the Spanish-American War, becoming a congressman, and getting married Hobson dedicated 3 decades in banning narcotics and alcohol. He believed that consumption of any alcoholic and harmful drugs can prevent human society from reaching their intellectual capabilities. In 1919 Hobson wrote his novel, Alcohol and the human race in which he argued that alcohol is the root cause of human inefficiency and immorality. Hobson also supported the other aspects of the progressive movement like improving education and women’s suffrage. Since he advocates for temperance movements and the women's suffrage movement he is invited to the party.
