Teapot Dome

nounU.S. History.

a federal oil reserve in Wyoming, leased to private producer Harry F. Sinclair by Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall in 1922, leading to a major government scandal and the tarnishing of the reputation of President Warren G. Harding's administration (1921–23).

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There have been presidential scandals before like Teapot Dome in the Harding administration.
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His biggest contribution to his country's welfare will be oil land leases, like that of Teapot Dome.
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