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Teapot Dome scandal - a government scandal involving a former United States Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased to a private oil company in 1921; became symbolic of the scandals of the Harding administration

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Congress mandated, via a joint resolution, that President Calvin Coolidge name a special counsel to investigate the Teapot Dome scandal, which had originated during the tenure of his predecessor, Warren Harding.

The Ugly History of Special Prosecutors

Warren G Harding had the Teapot Dome scandal. And, of course, Richard Nixon had Watergate.

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In what became known as the Teapot Dome scandal, oil companies paid bribes to government officials, notably Secretary of the Interior Albert B.

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As ethics violations go, it's hardly the Teapot Dome scandal. But the decision by Rutland Department of Public Works Superintendent Gary F.

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Any history lessons, including a brief account of the Teapot Dome scandal, are a bonus, and there's enough philandering to make the residents of Peyton Place blush.

Hissing Cousins

Harding to the presidency in 1920, the Money Power tightened its hold on Washington, as the infamous Teapot Dome scandal would soon reveal.

La Follette's lessons in empire

The Teapot Dome scandal and other instances of corruption badly damaged the reputation of the onetime newspaper publisher and Republican senator from Ohio.

Harding's hidden halo

Warren Harding is perhaps best known for the Teapot Dome Scandal and his extramarital affairs.

First Lady Florence Harding: Behind the Tragedy and Controversy

Anderson would intermittently cover the Teapot Dome scandal for the next six years.

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