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Albert B. Fall
The Teapot Dome Scandal
- Named for the Teapot oilfield in Wyoming
- Fall rented government lands to oil companies in return for personal loans and gifts
- The federal government was holding oil under this land as a reserve for the United States Navy
- Fall decided to lease the land illegally to Mammoth Oil Company and to the Pan American Petroleum Company in return for the personal loans
- Fall was found guilty of excepting money for oilfield leases
- 1st government official to be convicted of a felony
"I can take care of my enemies all right. But my friends, my God-damn friends, they're the ones that keep me walking the floor nights!" - President Harding
The End
Served as U.S. Senate until March 4, 1921, when he accepted President Harding's appointment as Secretary of the Interior
1904: Switched alligence from the Democratic Party to the Republican party
Political Career
Albert B. Fall
Early Life
1903: Fall won election to the New Mexico House of Representatives
Member of the Democratic Party
After making money in Mexico, Fall moved to Clarkesville, Texas, where he studied law
By 1889, he had completed his legal training and had passed the bar exam in the New Mexico Territory which led to a political career
As a child, Fall worked in a cotton mill to help support his family
By 1887, Fall and his wife, Emma G. Morgan, had two infant children and moved to Las Cruces, New Mexico
Albert B. Fall was born on
November 26, 1861, in
Frankfort, Kentucky.
Eventually moved to Mexico in hope that the climate would help his chronic respiratory problem
1898-1899: Fought in the Spanish-American War
1888: lost election to the New Mexico Territory's House of Representatives
1893: Became an Associate Judge on the Third District Court of the New Mexico Territory
1889: won election as the Irrigation Commissioner for Dona Ana County, New Mexico
1890: Fall won election to the New Mexico Territory's House of Representatives