Thomas J. Walsh, Democratic senator from Montana from 1913 to 1933, fought throughout his long career against corruption and monopoly power. His most celebrated coup was breaking open the Teapot Dome scandal of 1923 -- 24, revealing that the secretary of the interior had accepted "loans" from oil men in return for leases of U.S. naval oil reserves.
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leases upon naval oil reserves, bipartisan conference, leasing bill, tolls question, copper interests, free wool, water power sites, naval petroleum reserves, western headquarters, state central committee, leasing act, copper kings, democratic state convention, leasing system, permanent chairman Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, Senator Walsh, Teapot Dome, President Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, Great Falls, Secretary Lane, Two Rivers, Secretary Fall, Helena Independent, White House, Governor Erickson, League of Nations, Public Lands Committee, Theodore Roosevelt, Walsh of Montana, World Court, House of Representatives, New Mexico, San Francisco, Foreign Relations Committee, Great Britain, Governor Stewart, Standard Oil New!
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leases upon naval oil reserves, bipartisan conference, leasing bill, tolls question, copper interests, free wool, water power sites, naval petroleum reserves, western headquarters, state central committee, leasing act, copper kings, democratic state convention, leasing system, permanent chairman Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, Senator Walsh, Teapot Dome, President Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, Great Falls, Secretary Lane, Two Rivers, Secretary Fall, Helena Independent, White House, Governor Erickson, League of Nations, Public Lands Committee, Theodore Roosevelt, Walsh of Montana, World Court, House of Representatives, New Mexico, San Francisco, Foreign Relations Committee, Great Britain, Governor Stewart, Standard Oil New!
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