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Albert B. Fall

American politician

Died when: 83 years 4 days (996 months)
Star Sign: Sagittarius

 

Albert B. Fall

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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