Albert Bacon Fall
28th United States Secretary of the Interior
In office March 5, 1921 – March 4, 1923
Preceded by	John Barton Payne
Succeeded by	Hubert Work
Born	November 26, 1861 Frankfort, Kentucky, USA
Died	November 30, 1944 El Paso, Texas, USA
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Emma Garland Morgan Fall
Profession	Politician, Lawyer

Albert Bacon Fall (November 26, 1861 – November 30, 1944) was a Senator from New Mexico and the Secretary of the Interior under President Warren G. Harding, notorious for his involvement in the Teapot Dome scandal. This image is in the public domain in the United States and possibly other jurisdictions. ... The United States Secretary of the Interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior, concerned with such matters as national parks and The Secretary is a member of the Presidents Cabinet. ... March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (65th in leap years). ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for full calendar). ... March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... {{year nav|1939 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... Payne, Time, 1923 John Barton Payne (January 26, 1855–January 24, 1935) was United States Secretary of the Interior from 1920 through 1921 under Woodrow Wilson. ... Hubert Work (July 3, 1860 - December 14, 1942) was a U.S. administrator. ... November 26 is the 330th day (331st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1861 (MDCCCLXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link with display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar) // January 1 - Benito Juárez captures Mexico City January 2 - Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia dies and is succeeded by... Frankfort is the capital of Commonwealth of Kentucky, a state of the United States of America. ... November 30 is the 334th day (335th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 31 days remaining. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Nickname: Star of the Southwest, The Sun City, and Land of the Sun Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: County El Paso County Government  - Mayor John Cook Area  - City  250. ... The Republican Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States; the other being the Democratic Party. ... The Politics series Politics Portal This box:      A politician is an individual who is a formally recognized and active member of a government, or a person who influences the way a society is governed through an understanding of political power and group dynamics. ... English barrister 16th century painting of a civil law notary, by Flemish painter Quentin Massys. ... November 26 is the 330th day (331st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1861 (MDCCCLXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link with display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar) // January 1 - Benito Juárez captures Mexico City January 2 - Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia dies and is succeeded by... November 30 is the 334th day (335th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 31 days remaining. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ... The United States Secretary of the Interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior, concerned with such matters as national parks and The Secretary is a member of the Presidents Cabinet. ... The presidential seal was first used in 1880 by President Rutherford B. Hayes and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. ... Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 - August 2, 1923) was an American politician and the 29th President of the United States, from 1921 to 1923, when he became the sixth president to die in office. ... Teapot Dome is a reference to an oil field on public land in Wyoming, so named because of a rock resembling a teapot overlooking the field. ...

Early life and family

Fall was born in Frankfort, Kentucky, in 1861 to William R. and Edmonia Taylor Fall. Fall attended schools as a child in Nashville, Tennessee, but was primarily self-educated. At age eleven Fall was employed in a cotton factory, this early employment is most likely the cause of several respiratory health problems he suffered throughout his life. Due to these illnesses, as a young man Fall headed west looking for better climate. He lived in Oklahoma and in Texas, but eventually settled in Las Cruces in the New Mexico Territory where he practiced law. One of his more famous cases was successfully defending the man who claimed to have shot Pat Garrett. Frankfort is the capital of Commonwealth of Kentucky, a state of the United States of America. ... 1861 (MDCCCLXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link with display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar) // January 1 - Benito Juárez captures Mexico City January 2 - Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia dies and is succeeded by... Nickname: Music City Location in Davidson County and the state of Tennessee Coordinates: Country United States State Tennessee Counties Davidson County Founded: 1779 Incorporated: 1806 Government  - Mayor Bill Purcell (D) Area  - City  526. ... Official language(s) None Capital Oklahoma City Largest city Oklahoma City Area  Ranked 20th  - Total 69,960 sq mi (181,196 km²)  - Width 230 miles (370 km)  - Length 298 miles (480 km)  - % water 1. ... Official language(s) No Official Language See languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Area  Ranked 2nd  - Total 261,797 sq mi (678,051 km²)  - Width 773 miles (1,244 km)  - Length 790 miles (1,270 km)  - % water 2. ... Las Cruces is a city in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. ... The New Mexico Territory became an organized territory of the United States on September 9, 1850, and it existed until New Mexico became the 47th state on January 6, 1912. ... Patrick Pat Floyd Garrett (June 5, 1850 – February 28, 1908) was an American lawman, bartender, and customs agent who was most known for killing Billy the Kid. ...

On May 7, 1883, Fall married Emma Garland Morgan in Clarksville, Texas. The couple had four children: a son, John (Jack) Morgan Fall; and three daughters: Alexina Chase, Caroline Everhart, and Jouett Elliott. Both Jack and his sister Caroline died within a week of each other in 1918 from an influenza epidemic that was sweeping the nation. The family home was the Three Rivers Ranch in the Tularosa Basin of New Mexico. The Falls also maintained a home in El Paso, Texas. May 7 is the 127th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (128th in leap years). ... 1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Clarksville is a city located in Red River County, Texas. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Influenza, commonly known as flu, is an infectious disease of birds and mammals caused by an RNA virus of the family Orthomyxoviridae (the influenza viruses). ... The Tularosa Basin is a graben basin in the basin and range area east of the Rio Grande in southern New Mexico, mostly in Otero County. ... Nickname: Star of the Southwest, The Sun City, and Land of the Sun Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: County El Paso County Government  - Mayor John Cook Area  - City  250. ...

During the Spanish-American War, Fall served as a captain of an infantry troop. Combatants United States Spain Commanders Nelson A. Miles William R. Shafter George Dewey Máximo Gómez Emilio Aguinaldo Patricio Montojo Pascual Cervera Casualties 3,289 U.S. dead (only 432 from combat); considerably higher although undetermined Cuban and Filipino casualties Unknown[1] The Spanish-American War was a conflict...

Albert Jennings Fountain murder case, and his involvement

Oliver M. Lee, a noted New Mexico gunman, rancher, cattle rustler, outlaw, and part-time Deputy US Marshal, as well as his employee's Jim Gilliland and William "Billy" McNew were suspected of the 1896 disappearance and presumed murder of Colonel Albert Jennings Fountain and his young son Henry, dubbed the Albert Jennings Fountain disappearence case. They were pursued in relation to that case by lawman Pat Garrett and a posse, and engaged Garrett and his men in a gun battle near Alamogordo, resulting in the killing of Deputy Sheriff Kurt Kearney. Garrett and his men retreated, and Lee was later captured by other lawmen. He and his friends were defended by Albert Fall, and were acquitted of murder in the Albert Jennings Fountain case. [1] Oliver Milton Lee, known simply as Oliver Lee (October 1865 - 15 December 1941) was a sometimes Deputy US Marshal, rancher, rustler, land grabber, gunman, and murderer. ... Categories: Stock characters | Stub ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Ranching. ... Cattle rustling is the act of stealing cattle. ... For other senses of this word, see outlaw (disambiguation). ... The United States Marshals Service, part of the United States Department of Justice, is the United States oldest federal law enforcement agency. ... Year 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar). ... The Albert Jennings Fountain disappearance involved an event which occurred on February 1, 1896 when Colonel Albert Jennings Fountain and his son Henry disappeared near Las Cruces, New Mexico. ... Patrick Pat Floyd Garrett (June 5, 1850 – February 28, 1908) was an American lawman, bartender, and customs agent who was most known for killing Billy the Kid. ... Posse may refer to: Look up Posse in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

At face value, it would seem that Fall was simply good at defending his clients. However, Lee's involvement in the murder case, as well as Fall's, did go much deeper than the acquittal would reflect. Due to his land ownings, Fountain was a powerful rival to land owners Lee and Albert Fall. In their employ were smalltime gunmen Billy McNew and Jim Gililland. Fall was well known to have hated Fountain. Fall's association with Oliver Lee began when Fall assisted Lee during a criminal case. In exchange for Fall's continued illegal assistance in legal matters, Lee and his gunmen terrorized local residents on Fall's behalf, both to obtain land, and to intimidate voters into voting for Fall when need-be. By the late 1890s, Lee was rustling cattle from other cattlemen in the area, and then altering the brands to resemble his own. If law enforcement officials closed in, Fall dealt with the legal issues. [2] The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the Mauve Decade, because William Henry Perkins aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that colour in fashion, and also as the Gay Nineties, under the then-current usage of the word gay which referred simply to merriment and frivolity, with no... Wikibooks has more about this subject: Marketing A brand is a collection of images and ideas representing an economic producer; more specifically, it refers to the concrete symbols such as a name, logo, slogan, and design scheme. ... For the band, see The Police. ...

Fountain, however, showed little fear of the Fall/Lee faction, and challenged them openly in the courts as well as in the political arena. Many factors indicated that Lee was involved in the disappearance and murder of Fountain, but investigators had to battle the corrupt local court system led by Fall, and the local law enforcement, all of which were controlled to some extent by Fall. The bodies of Fountain and his young son were never found, which hampered prosecution. Albert Fall defended all three of the men who were eventually charged with the crime. They were Oliver Lee, Jim Gililland, and Billy McNew, the main suspects in the case, as investigators never saw another direction the case could have gone. Charges against McNew were dismissed, while Lee and Gililland were acquitted. The end result of their prosecution, more than anything else, hinged on there being no bodies. Following this case, Fall and Lee resumed their land grabbing schemes, without much further interference from law enforcement. [3]

Career

Between the years of 1879-1881, he was employed as an educator while he studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1891 and started practice immediately. He was appointed judge of the third judicial district in 1893. 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1881 (MDCCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... Year 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

In 1908 he defended the accused killer of former Sherriff Pat Garrett. Garrett was the same lawman who pursued those suspected in the Albert Jennings Fountain killings. Patrick Pat Floyd Garrett (June 5, 1850 – February 28, 1908) was an American lawman, bartender, and customs agent who was most known for killing Billy the Kid. ...

As a member of the Republican Party, Fall was elected as one of the first U.S. Senators from New Mexico in the year 1912. It was widely known that he made a political alliance with Thomas B. Catron, the man who served alongside him, to ensure his own election. This controversy made Fall a target of the local Republican Party, as they believed Fall had not contributed to their efforts to secure New Mexico's statehood, and was not worthy of their nomination. Fall was also severely disliked by Democrats. In 1913, the Governor of New Mexico purposefully forgot to sign the credential papers in an attempt to oust Fall by having a special election, which Fall subsequently won. Despite facing a bitter primary challenge in the election of 1918, Fall came out victorious. He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Commerce and Labor, was noted for his support of the suffrage movement and his extreme isolationist tendencies when America entered the First World War. After Catron was beaten in a primary election of 1916, Fall lost his only local political ally. However, since he had been elected, he had become close friends with the people who would later make up the infamous Ohio Gang, which inevitably secured him a cabinet position in March of 1921. While local politicians may have opposed him, his popularity with the residents of New Mexico was reportedly very high. The Republican Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States; the other being the Democratic Party. ... Seal of the U.S. Senate Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures State Courts Counties, Cities, and Towns Other countries Politics Portal      Senate composition following 2006 elections The United States Senate is... Capital Santa Fe Largest city Albuquerque Area  Ranked 5th  - Total 121,665 sq mi (315,194 km²)  - Width 342 miles (550 km)  - Length 370 miles (595 km)  - % water 0. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Thomas Benton Catron (born October 6, 1840, died May 15, 1921) was an American Politician who was influential in the establishment of the U.S. State of New Mexico. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Suffrage parade, New York City, 1912 The movement for womens suffrage, led by suffragists (peaceful protestors) and suffragettes (violent protestors), was a social, economic and political reform movement aimed at extending the suffrage (the right to vote) to women, advocating equal suffrage (abolition of graded votes) rather than universal... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... The Ohio Gang is a misnomer, applied to a group of officials within the administration of Warren G. Harding, 29th President of the United States of America. ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for full calendar). ...

Teapot Dome scandal

Fall was appointed to the position of Secretary of the Interior by President Warren G. Harding in March 1921. Soon after his appointment, Harding convinced Edwin Denby, the Secretary of the Navy, that Fall should take over responsibility for the Naval Reserves at Elk Hills, California, Buena Vista, California and Teapot Dome, Wyoming. This last setting was used for the namesake of the scandal. Later that year, Fall decided that two of his friends, Harry F. Sinclair (Mammoth Oil Corporation) and Edward L. Doheny (Pan-American Petroleum and Transport Company), should be allowed to lease part of these Naval Reserves. Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for full calendar). ... Edwin Denby Edwin C. Denby (b. ... Flag of the United States Secretary of the Navy. ... Harry Ford Sinclair, Time Magazine cover: April 9, 1928 Harry Ford Sinclair (July 6, 1876 - November 10, 1956) was an American oil industrialist. ... Edward Laurence Doheny (August 10, 1856 - September 8, 1935) was an American oil tycoon. ...

His failure to have competitive bidding for the reserves resulted in the Teapot Dome scandal. The investigation found Fall guilty of conspiracy and bribery of $385,000 paid to him by Edward L. Doheny. Fall was jailed for one year as a result - the first former cabinet officer sentenced to prison as a result of misconduct in office. It is often joked among historians that Fall was "so crooked they had to screw him into the ground" upon his death. Teapot Dome is a reference to an oil field on public land in Wyoming, so named because of a rock resembling a teapot overlooking the field. ...

Mr. Doheny was not only acquitted on the charge of bribing Fall, but Doheny's corporation foreclosed on Fall's home in Tularosa Basin, New Mexico, because of "unpaid loans" which turned out to be that same $100,000 bribe.

He died, November 30, 1944, after a long illness, in El Paso, Texas. November 30 is the 334th day (335th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 31 days remaining. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Nickname: Star of the Southwest, The Sun City, and Land of the Sun Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: County El Paso County Government  - Mayor John Cook Area  - City  250. ...

Further reading on the Fountain murder case

• http://www.desertusa.com/mag06/mar/murder.html

• Murder on the White Sands: The Disappearance of Albert and Henry Fountain by Corey Recko, 2007, University of North Texas Press

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