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The short answer is the Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall, and the Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby.
This starts with conservation legislation of Presidents Teddy Roosevelt, William Taft, and Woodrow Wilson.
This legislation was to create a 'naval petroleum' reserve in Wyoming and California, the three (3) Oil fields were Elk Hills and Buena Vista both in California and the other field was 'Teapot Dome' in Wyoming.
At the time there were many politicans and private Oil companies that opposed these 'restrictions'. One of the politicians was Albert B. Fall, who later became President Warren G Harding's Secretary of the Interior.
Fall then convinced the Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denbyto turn the control of the oil fields over to Fall, the Secretary of the Interior.
This is where it get's juicy. Fall then moved to lease the fields; Teapot Dome to Mammoth Oil Company (Harry Sinclair), Elk Hills to Pan American Petroleum Company (Edward Doheny). For these lease's Fall received approximately $400,000. This came out in 1924 due to Senate committee finding's of Fall's sudden rise in financial stature. Finally the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that even though the leases were legitimate, they were received by illegitimate means and in 1927 they invalidated.
In 1929 Albert Fall was found guilty of 'bribery', he was fined $100,000 and served one (1) year in prison. Harry Sinclair was later sentenced for jury tampering and Edward Doheny was acquitted in 1930.
It goes down as the first finding of corruption in American Politics.
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Who were the two officials involved in the Teapot Dome scandal?
The teapot dome scandal invovled which two officials?
Calvin Coolidge handled the Teapot Dome scandal by .?
he forced the officials involved in the scandals to resign
What statement is the best description of the teapot dome scandal?
the scandel involved the buying of the stocks on maargin by some government officials
Who was the wealthy oilman who bribed cabinet officials in the Teapot Dome scandal?
Henry sinclair
What was the name of the scandal that some of president Harding's cabinet members involved with?
Teapot Dome Scandal
Political cartoon of the teapot dome scandal?
Political cartoon of the teapot dome scandal?
Which president was not directly involved in the Teapot Dome scandal?
Calvin coolidge A+LS
What scandal involved cabinet members but not the President?
Members of the Cabinet were implicated in the Teapot Dome Scandal, but not the then President.
Whose presidency was tarnished by the Teapot Dome Scandal?
Warren Harding was the president associated with the Teapot Dome Scandal.
Why did the teapot scandal occur?
The Teapot Dome scandal took place in 1924.
What Wyoming land was involved in a scandal in 1920?
The Teapot Dome Scandal occurred in Wyoming in 1920. The Wyoming land involved in the scandal was the Teapot Dome Oil Field, located in Natrona County, Wyoming. Teapot Rock is an eroded sandstone formation located about 25 miles north of the city of Casper in the southwestern Powder River Basin. About six miles east of the rock is the southern boundary of the Teapot Dome Naval Oil Reserve.The Elk Hills and Buena Vista Oil Fields in Kern County, California were also part of the Teapot Dome Scandal.
What was the name of major Harding administration scandal?
The major scandal during Warren G. Harding's administration was known as the Teapot Dome scandal. It involved the illegal leasing of federal oil reserves to private companies in exchange for bribes.
