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Teapot Dome Scandal
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Teapot Dome Scandal
An examination of the 1924 scandal and corruption charges made by Senator Burton Wheeler against Attorney General Harry Daugherty and subsequent Senate hearings.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages) |
17 sources |
1994
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"Burton K. Wheeler, Harry M. Daugherty, and Teapot DomeThis paper will discuss the attacks of Senator Burton K. Wheeler (D. Montana) on Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty during the Winter and Spring of 1924 concerning scandals involving the administration of President Warren G. Harding. The first part of the paper will provide some background to the conflict between the two men. The second part of the paper will examine the charges themselves and discuss their validity. This part of the paper will concentrate on the witnesses called before the Senate investigating committee by Wheeler.
The Teapot Dome scandal involved the selling of leases to U.S. Navy oil reserves by the Secretary of the Interior to private oil companies. Secretary Albert Fall had arranged for control of the reserves to be transferred from the Department of the..."
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