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Albert Bacon Fall (November 26, 1861 – November 30, 1944) was a United States senator from New Mexico and Secretary of the Interior under President Warren G. Harding who became infamous for his involvement in the Teapot Dome scandal; he was the only person convicted as a result of the affair.
- Emma Garland Morgan (1883–1944)
- Republican
Fall fought in the Spanish-American War as a captain. From 1891 to 1912, Fall served as a representative of the New Mexico Territory, judge of the Third Judicial District (1893), and associate justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court (1893). He later became territorial attorney general (1897, 1907).
Albert Bacon Fall (born Nov. 26, 1861, Frankfort, Ky., U.S.—died Nov. 30, 1944, El Paso, Texas) was the U.S. secretary of the interior under President Warren G. Harding. He was the first American to be convicted of a felony committed while holding a Cabinet post.
9 de feb. de 2010 · October 25, 1929: During the Teapot Dome scandal, Albert B. Fall, who served as secretary of the interior in President Warren G. Harding’s cabinet, is found guilty of accepting a bribe while in...
Teapot Dome Scandal, in American history, scandal of the early 1920s surrounding the secret leasing of federal oil reserves by the secretary of the interior, Albert Bacon Fall. As a result, ‘Teapot Dome’ entered the American political vocabulary as a synonym for governmental corruption.
25 de ago. de 2020 · Here is a look at the life and political scandal of Albert B. Fall, a US senator from New Mexico and later 28th Secretary of the Interior under President Warren G. Harding.
Secretary of the Interior Albert Bacon Fall had leased Navy petroleum reserves at Teapot Dome in Wyoming, as well as two locations in California, to private oil companies at low rates without competitive bidding.
