Albert B. Fall
American politician
Died when: 83 years 4 days (996 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius
Albert Bacon Fall (November 26, 1861 – November 30, 1944) was a United States senator from New Mexico and the Secretary of the Interior under President Warren G.
Harding, infamous for his involvement in the Teapot Dome scandal; he was the only person convicted as a result of the affair.
The epithet "fall guy" is said to derive from his surname, but this phrase was in use well before the scandal.
As a captain in the United States Army he supported a military invasion of Mexico in 1916 as a means of ending Pancho Villa's raids.
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