His other achievements included banning gambling, fighting political corruption, and adjusting state agencies to operate on a non-partisan basis.

That year he graduated he moved to Warren County, Indiana where he taught in the state public schools from 1881 to 1889.

Rabb encouraged Hanly to take an active part in politics and stump in behalf of Republicans.

[3] Hanly practiced law with Ele Stansbury, a young lawyer who would later serve as Indiana Attorney General.

[6] The election was hard-fought by Hanly, who delivered excoriating speeches against the Democratic party which he referred to as "unholy", and "great only its ability to destroy."

He crusaded against liquor, horse-racing and political corruption, even prosecuting members of his own administration for embezzlement.

He was able to successfully achieve his goal among the state's law enforcement, correctional facilities, and state-run charities.

He required detailed expense reports to be created by all state employees seeking reimbursements, began regular audits of all spending, and with the support of the state treasurer, he began to establish new accounts by which the government could better monitor where funds were being spent, and by whom.

[11] A major scandal broke shortly after he entered office, when it was found the public officials had been using their expense accounts to pay for gambling debts at the French Lick Springs Hotel, owned by the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Thomas Taggart.

In July 1906 he ordered the state police to raid French Lick and West Baden, and seized several slot machines, roulette wheels, poker sets, playing cards, Klondike tables, gambling records, dice, and a whole host of other gambling implements.

Early on he discovered the divisions within the prohibitionist movement and was instrumental in unifying the groups and their goal.

He was among the first to advocate a constitutional amendment to ban the sale of liquor, and the prohibitionists rallied to that goal.

It consisted of three groups of revivalist-like speakers who toured cities across the country between September 30, 1914 and June 6, 1915.

[17] In April 1920 Hanly argued the case of Hawke v. Smith, a challenge to the Eighteenth Amendment, before the United States Supreme Court.

Hanly won a unanimous decision issued on June 1, 1920, upholding prohibition and determining that Ohio could not change their vote after the tally had already been taken among the states.

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