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Albert Bacon Fall
Albert Bacon Fall 1861-1944, American cabinet official, b. Frankfort, Ky. He became a rancher in New Mexico and a political leader in that state. Elected to the U.S. Senate in 1912, he served there until President Harding made him Secretary of the Interior in 1921. Fall was one of the chief figures...
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Warren Gamaliel Harding
Warren Gamaliel Harding , 1865-1923, 29th President of the United States (1921-23), b. Blooming Grove (now Corsica), Ohio. After study (1879-82) at Ohio Central College, he moved with his family to Marion, Ohio, where he devoted himself to journalism. He bought the Marion Star, built up the newspa...
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Teapot Dome
Teapot Dome in U.S. history, oil reserve scandal that began during the administration of President Harding . In 1921, by executive order of the President, control of naval oil reserves at Teapot Dome, Wyo., and at Elk Hills, Calif., was transferred from the Navy Dept. to the Dept. of the Interior....
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Owen Josephus Roberts
Owen Josephus Roberts 1875-1955, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1930-45), b. Philadelphia. After receiving (1898) his law degree from the Univ. of Pennsylvania, he practiced law in Philadelphia, taught (1898-1918) at the Univ. of Pennsylvania, and served as assistant district attorney...
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Harlan Fiske Stone
Harlan Fiske Stone 1872-1946, American jurist, 12th Chief Justice of the United States (1941-46), b. Chesterfield, N.H. A graduate (1898) of Columbia Univ. law school, he was admitted (1899) to the bar, practiced law in New York City, and lectured at the Columbia law school, where he became profess...
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Pacific scandal
Pacific scandal 1873, a major event in Canadian political history. Charges were made in Parliament that the Conservative administration of Sir John A. Macdonald had accepted campaign funds from Sir Hugh Allan in return for a promise to award Allan's syndicate the contract to build the Canadian ...
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insider trading
insider trading stock market transactions made with knowledge of nonpublic information about corporate activity. In the United States, it has been illegal since 1934. The Securities and Exchange Commission regards it as unfair to investors who are not privy to such information. Several insider tr...
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Sadi Carnot
Sadi Carnot , 1837-94, French statesman, president of the Third Republic (1887-94); son of Hippolyte Carnot. As minister of public works (1880-85) and of finance (1886), he remained untainted by the financial scandals of the time. He succeeded Jules Grévy in the presidency; his tenure was dis...
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Sir Hugh Allan
Sir Hugh Allan 1810-82, Canadian financier and shipowner, b. Scotland. He emigrated to Canada in 1826, was employed by a large shipbuilding company in Montreal, and later founded the Allan Line of steamships. He was given the contract to build the Canadian Pacific Railway, but the Pacific scandal ...
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Eliza (Fowler) Haywood
Eliza (Fowler) Haywood 1693?-1756, English author. Separated from her husband, she supported herself and her two children by writing plays and novels. Two of her books, Utopia (1725) and The Court of Carmania (1727), scandalized well-known society figures, and earned her the disapproval of Pope...
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