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797972619Teapot Dome ScandalSecretary of the Interior (Albert Fall) leased government land in California and at Teapot Dome, Wyoming to 2 oil executives- Fall became the first Cabinet official to be sent to prison0
797972625Albert B. Fallsecretary of the interior under harding1
797972626Edwin Denbyan American lawyer and politician who served as Secretary of the Navy in the administrations of Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge from 1921 to 19242
797972627Harry F. SinclairOilman involved in the Teapot Dome scandal; he bribed Albert Fall with about $300,000, but was not convicted with this. He was sentenced to several months in jail for "shadowing" jurors and for refusing to testify before a Senate committee.3
797972628Edward L. DohenyOilman who bribed Fall $100,000 in the Teapot Dome scandal; he was acquitted in court.4
797972629William Hardingpresident during teapot dome scandel, out of office in 1923 because he dies of heart attack5
797972630Teapot Dome, Elk Hills, and Buena Vista HillsThe three oil reserves involved in the scandal6
797972631Thomas WalshSenator from Montana that exposed the Teapot Dome Scandal7
797972634acquitto find not guilty of a fault or crime8
797972635embezzlingThe year Albert. B Fall was found guilty of embezzling naval oil reserves9
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