You’d Think They’d Know Better, But These Politicians Committed The Wildest Crimes Of The 20th Century

The Teapot Dome Scandal Shocked America

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Before Watergate, the Teapot Dome scandal was considered the “greatest and most sensational scandal in the history of American politics.” In 1921, former New Mexico Senator Albert B. Fall was appointed as Secretary of the Interior by President Warren G. Harding, who also wanted Fall to be in charge of Naval Reserves in California and Teapot Dome, Wyoming. A year later, the Wall Street Journal exposed Fall’s plans to illegally lease parts of Teapot Dome to oilmen for over $400,000. As a result, Fall was sentenced to prison. Interestingly, Fall was also previously suspected of the murder of rival politician Albert Fountain and his son in 1896.