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Teapot Dome Investigation

United States of America · Government / Republican Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1923Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1923

Robert Marion La Follette1923

Washington · Government / Republican Party Government

Supports Senate investigation into naval oil reserve leases and executive-branch corruption.

Thomas James Walsh1923

Washington · Government / Republican Party Government

Leads Senate scrutiny of oil reserve leases that become known as the Teapot Dome scandal.

Names involved

Robert Marion La FolletteThomas James Walsh

Provenance

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