What was the Teapot Dome scandal? Harding’s Attorney General Harry Daugherty committed suicide. Harding’s head of the Veterans Bureau Charles Forbes was convicted of embezzlement. Harding’s Attorney General Harry Daugherty was accused of influence peddling. Harding’s Interior Secretary Albert Fall was accused of leasing government- owned oilfields to private business without allowing competitive bids. Harding’s Secretary of Agriculture Henry C. Wallace was accused of handing over farmland to a mining company.
Teapot Dome scandal The Teapot Dome scandal was a bribery incident that took place in the United States from 1921 to 1924, during the administration of President Warren G. Harding. Wikipedia
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