Albert B. Fall

Albert Bacon Fall (born November 26, 1861 in Frankfort , Kentucky , † November 30, 1944 in El Paso , Texas ) was an American farmer, soldier, lawyer and politician ( Republican Party ).

Career

Nothing is known about the early years of Albert Bacon Fall. He served in the New Mexico Territory House of Representatives from 1891 to 1892 . In 1893 he served as a judge at the New Mexico Territorial Supreme Court. Case then held the post of Attorney General in the New Mexico Territory in 1897 and again in 1907. During the Spanish-American War , he served in the US Army . From 1912 to 1921 he represented the state of New Mexico in the US Senate . Case took 1916 as a delegate of New Mexico at the Republican National Convention in Chicago ( Illinois part). From 1921 to 1923 he was Home Secretary under President Warren G. Harding .

He was best known for his inglorious role in the Teapot Dome scandal , a bribery affair in 1929, which involved the granting of oil production rights in Wyoming . Case went down as the first cabinet member in US history to actually serve a prison term for offenses committed during his tenure (in this case, bribery ).

Fall was buried in the Evergreen Alameda Cemetery in El Paso, Texas.

literature

Richard L. Wilson: American Political Leaders , Infobase Publishing, 2014, ISBN 9781438108056 , p. 132
Nancy Capace: Encyclopedia of New Mexico , Somerset Publishers, Inc., 2001, ISBN 9780403096077 , p. 267

Web links

Albert B. Fall in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
Albert B. Fall in Miller Center of Public Affairs of the University of Virginia (English)
Albert B. Fall at The Political Graveyard

Footnotes

↑ Ex-Secretary case this in El Paso . New York Times, Dec. 1, 1944, p. 23

↑ He was sentenced to a fine i. H. of $ 100,000 plus one year in prison - but the case was released after 9 months in prison. The “lender”, the oil tycoon and friend of the Fall Edward L. Doheny , was acquitted on the same matter (see Leslie E. Bennett: One Lesson From History: Appointment of Special Counsel and the Investigation of the Teapot Dome Scandal . In : The Brookings Institution . Academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu. 1999. Retrieved April 26, 2016.).

personal data
SURNAME	Fall, Albert B.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Fall, Albert Bacon (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American farmer, soldier, lawyer, and politician (Republican Party)
DATE OF BIRTH	November 26, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH	Frankfort , Kentucky
DATE OF DEATH	November 30, 1944
Place of death	El Paso , Texas

[1] Ex-Secretary case this in El Paso . New York Times, Dec. 1, 1944, p. 23

[2] He was sentenced to a fine i. H. of $ 100,000 plus one year in prison - but the case was released after 9 months in prison. The “lender”, the oil tycoon and friend of the Fall Edward L. Doheny , was acquitted on the same matter (see Leslie E. Bennett: One Lesson From History: Appointment of Special Counsel and the Investigation of the Teapot Dome Scandal . In : The Brookings Institution . Academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu. 1999. Retrieved April 26, 2016.).