Dow, Neal
prohibitionist, was born March 20, 1804, in Portland, Maine. He was of Quaker parentage; was a merchant and manufacturer; and was twice elected mayor of Portland. About 1857 he became the champion of prohibitive legislation, which resulted in the passage of the celebrated Maine liquor law of 1861, in honor of which he was called the father of the Maine Liquor Law. He was elected to the state legislature; served gallantly in the union army during 1861-64; and was eight months in Libby prison. He several times visited England, lecturing on temperance. He died in 1897.