Senator Albert Fall's Integrity

How far will a person go to make money? Senator Albert Fall could have answered that question. Fall had one reason for losing his integrity; he was greedy. He let his need for greed roam free and it destroyed his moral character. In addition to destroying his integrity, he destroyed people’s trust in him, one being the President of the United States, he gained control of the oil reserves and lost them, and then he was found guilty because of his heinous crimes. Fall’s desire for money grew when he was a child due to the lack of his family’s money.
Albert Fall was born in Frankfort, Kentucky on November 26, 1861. During his younger years, Fall taught himself instead of going to school. He was part of the “Ohio Gang” which referred to Harding’s cabinet officials. Fall was a member of the Republican party. Fall had many different jobs before becoming a secretary and a senator. He managed to find work as a miner, a real estate agent, and livestock worker before becoming a lawyer. Albert became an Associate Judge before people knew he was miscounting election returns. Fall would go on to commit a scandal of bigger proportions which was the Teapot Dome Scandal. This name originated from a rock shaped …show more content…
Albert Fall was one of the people appointed. He was given control of the Interior Department at first and because of that he was made a secretary. Fall was put into power in 1921. Fall noticed a way to make money, so he convinced Harding and Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby to switch the naval oil reserves to the Interior Department. Switching departments would allow Secretary Fall the oil reserves that he wanted in his control, so he could lease them to other people. Leasing the oil reserves to other peoples would allow him to make an enormous amount of profit. Other people being Edward Doheny and Harry Ford Sinclair. When Albert Fall leased the oil reserves, there was no competitive