Sawyer, Roland D. (Roland Douglas), 1874-1969

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Massachusetts--Politics and government

found: His America's most prevalent vice, after 1902:t.p. (Rev. Roland D. Sawyer, general secretary of the Anti-profanity League)

found: OCLC, 9/26/96(hdg.: Sawyer, Roland Douglas, 1874-1969; usage: Roland D. Sawyer)

found: Anti-Profanity League (Hanson, Mass.). Against swearing, [1903]:sheet recto (founder and general secretary, Rev. Roland D. Sawyer, of Hanson, Massachusetts)

found: University of New Hampshire Library. Guide to the Roland Douglas Sawyer Papers, 1707-1975, via WWW, accessed October 11, 2019(Roland Douglas Sawyer (1874-1969); born January 8, 1874 in Kensington, New Hampshire; died in 1969 at age 95; became a Congregational minister in 1898; was involved in temperance organizations and in 1902, in Hanson, Mass., founded and administered an Anti-Profanity League which held a prominent place in Sawyer's life until approximately 1910, by which time Sawyer's interest in it had gradually declined; beginning in 1907, he embraced Christian Socialism; candidate for Massachusetts governor in 1912 on Socialist ticket; in 1913, was expelled from Socialist party and changed allegiance to the Democratic Party; elected to General Court, served 1913-1941; involved in anti-prohibition campaigns and fought corruption; also published books and articles in magazines and newspapers; spent his retirement in working on local histories and genealogies from his home in Kensington, New Hampshire)