Teapot Dome Scandal
On April 15, 1922 John Kendrick, a Wyoming democrat, put fourth a resolution that made one of the most significant investigations in senate history. A man named Albert Bacon Fall secretly leased the federal oil reserves to private companies. Since Mr. Fall was the secretary of the interior, after he would get the money from the accounts and then he would put it into his own account of the department of interior. He also leased the land to Harry F. Sinclair of the Mammoth oil company and Edward L. Doheny of pan america petroleum. When people found out, the congress told the president Harding to cancel the leases. This image to the left was a political sign from the time period saying a vote for Bryan is a vote against special privlege like what happened in teapot dome. Just as Harding had died and Vice-President Calvin Coolidge was put into office, the crimes aginst the administration were being revealed to the public. After hearing about the crimes the former President had committed the public had lost faith in their government and Coolidge helped restore that trust.