Albert B. Fall

Albert Bacon Fall ( * November 26, 1861 in Frankfort, Kentucky, † November 30, 1944 in El Paso, Texas ) was an American politician ( Republican), who represented the state of New Mexico in the U.S. Senate and at times Interior Minister under President Warren G. Harding was. He was known primarily for his infamous role in the Teapot Dome scandal, a corruption affair in which it came to the granting of oil drilling rights in Wyoming.

Case went as the first Cabinet member in U.S. history, which ( in this case, bribery) actually had to serve a prison sentence for crimes committed during his tenure crime.

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