How Is Albert Fall Related To The Teapot Dome Scandal

Crimes and scandal were rampant in the 1900’s especially in the 1920’s with gangs and prohibition. What made Albert Fall special was not that he was the ringleader of a scandal but that he was a cabinet member for Warren G. Harding. The Teapot dome scandal which illegally leased oil fields to private companies, was sourced in the department of the interior, which was responsible for the nation's resources. Being one of the biggest scandals of the twentieth century, this is how Albert Fall, The Navy, and aftermath of the scandal all played to the extremity of the situation. Starting his adult life as a rancher, Albert Bacon Fall spent his spare time learning politics. He soon became a Republican representing the state of New Mexico as a senator(Gale). Contrary to popular ideologies at the time, Albert Fall did not believe in the

Fall was interviewed about the topic, and the detectives opinions of Albert Fall during the interview were this, “ He angrily resented suggestions that what he had done constituted anything but patriotic acts and perfect business transactions(Cain).” Cases and investigations relating to the Teapot Dome scandal continued until 1927 when the supreme court deemed the transactions Albert Fall made as invalid. Invalidation of the transactions resulted in government ownership of oil fields, and Fall was convicted for accepting bribes, and served one year in prison. Calvin Coolidge, the president at the time who served after Warren G. Harding’s death, wanted Edwin Denby and Harry Daugherty, the attorney general, to retire from their jobs, for obliging to give the oil fields to Albert Fall(Cain). Both never suffered consequences from the Teapot Dome Scandal. The owners of the companies, the oil was leased to, Henry Sinclair and Edward Doheny were acquitted of bribery because of mistakes by