Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Teapot Dome


Related Topics

  
  What Was Teapot Dome?
The lesson of Teapot Dome is that it is sometimes difficult to maintain scandals in neat categories.
All told, Teapot Dome was a significant part of the political landscape for close to a decade.
Teapot Dome became a shorthand description, used in much the same way as the term "Watergate" (or the seemingly ever present suffix 'gate'), to stand for scandal.
hnn.us /articles/550.html   (1248 words)

  
 Teapot Dome - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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.
In 1922, Albert B. Fall, U.S. Secretary of the Interior, leased, without competitive bidding, the Teapot Dome fields to Harry F. Sinclair, an oil operator, and the field at Elk Hills, Calif., to Edward L. Doheny.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-teapotd1o.html   (411 words)

  
 Presidential Appointment of Special Counsel
Teapot Dome became the nomenclature for what North Dakota Senator Gerald Nye called "the slimiest of slimy trails beaten by privilege." S.
Teapot Dome would be leased in its entirety, Sinclair would build a pipe line with adequate capacity from the Teapot Dome oil fields, and the proceeds from the Navy's share of oil from the reserve were to be used by Sinclair to build storage tanks on the Atlantic coast and fill them with fuel oil.
In the wake of the Teapot Dome investigation tumbled the resignations of Secretary of the Interior Fall, Secretary of the Navy Denby and Attorney General Daugherty.
www.brook.edu /gs/ic/teapotdome/teapotdome.htm   (10889 words)

  
 The Teapot Dome Scandel
Teapot Dome, United States government scandal in the early 1920s over the leasing of government-owned oil reserves at Elk Hills, California, and Teapot Dome, Wyoming.
Teapot Dome, a rather implicating charade that involved the Secretary of the Interior and the oil industry was one of the first major scandals of modern day presidency's, and served as an example for the press to vent steam against their government.
Results of the Scandal: The Teapot Dome scandal was a victory for neither political party in the 1920's, it did become a malor issue in the presidential election of 1924 but neither party could claim full credit for divulging the wrongdoing.
www.mc.cc.md.us /Departments/hpolscrv/jzeck.html   (743 words)

  
 The Teapot Dome Scandal
Three naval oil fields, Elk Hills and Buena Vista Hills in California and Teapot Dome in Wyoming, were tracts of public land that were reserved by previous presidents to be emergency underground supplies to be used by the navy only when the regular oil supplies diminished.
The Teapot Dome oil field received its name because of a rock resembling a teapot that was located above the oil-bearing land.
Results of the Scandal: The Teapot Dome scandal was a victory for neither political party in the 1920's, it did become a major issue in the presidential election of 1924 but neither party could claim full credit for divulging the wrongdoing.
www.francesfarmersrevenge.com /stuff/archive/oldnews4/teapotdomescandal.htm   (567 words)

  
 Welcome to The American Presidency
The Teapot Dome incident became a symbol for supposed excesses and government graft and corruption.
Teapot Dome, near Casper, Wyo., acquired its name from a rock resembling a teapot that rose from the oil-bearing land.
The legacy of Teapot Dome is an ambiguous one, although the scandal in its final outcome was a victory for honest government.
ap.grolier.com /article?assetid=0380900-00&templatename=/article/article.html   (880 words)

  
 Teapot Dome scandal
One of the most famous American political scandals of the 1920s was the Teapot Dome scandal, which shook the nation for many years after President Warren G. Harding's death.
The alleged motives of his wife, however, had nothing to do with the Teapot Dome scandal.
The forgotten bagman of the Teapot Dome scandal (http://www.militarymuseum.org/Doheny.html)
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/te/Teapot_Dome.html   (153 words)

  
 Teapot Dome Scandal
The extent of these infractions only became clear with the public disclosure of the "Teapot Dome Scandal." A naval oil reserve was leased to private individuals by the Secretary of the Interior.
The Teapot Dome Scandal was part of a larger pattern of misconduct that had taken place during the Harding Administration.
The Teapot Dome Scandal itself began when Secretary of Interior Albert Fall convinced Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby to transfer to him the control of the Naval Reserves at Teapot Dome, Wyoming and Elk Hills, California.
www.multied.com /TheTwenties/DomeScandal.html   (181 words)

  
 Teapot Dome, Wyoming - Encyclopedia of Earth
Teapot Dome was one of three underground oil reserves set aside for use by the Navy during emergency situations of a decline in normal oil supplies.
In addition to the scandal, Teapot Dome became a symbol to both sides of the debate over the right of the federal government to seize control of profitable natural resources, such as oil, coal, and natural gas.
Although Albert Fall made the words “Teapot Dome” a synonym for scandal in the United States, the issue of developing such resources continues to be debated in the U.S. today.
www.eoearth.org /article/Teapot_Dome,_Wyoming   (414 words)

  
 Teapot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Russell's teapot, a skeptic analogy refuting the unfalsifiability of religious claims devused by Bertrand Russell and further expanded upon by Richard Dawkins.
In 2004 Malaysian cult called the Sky Kingdom erected a pink teapot 35 feet tall on its property as part of its own private symbolism [1].As part of a crackdown on the sect in August 2005 bulldozers and heavy machinery were sent in to tear down the structure.
The (purported) world's largest architectural teapot is to be found in Ohio [2].In 1938 The Chester Teapot was constructed by William "Babe" Devon.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Teapot   (650 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Government to start environmental project by refilling Teapot Dome   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Teapot Dome project, now in the planning stages, could be one of the world's largest test sites for the method.
Teapot Dome — named for a nearby rock formation — is currently in its preliminary engineering and testing stages.
Even if it is a success, the Teapot Dome project could have little impact by itself.
www.usatoday.com /weather/climate/2004-01-29-teapot-co2_x.htm   (956 words)

  
 Teapot Dome Scandal
In the early part of the 20th century large oil reserves were discovered at Elk Hills, California and Teapot Dome, Wyoming.
The reserves were created, in the first place, in pursuance of the policy of conservation, the advocates of which, a militant body, active in the Ballinger affair, generally supported the attitude of Secretary Daniels and President Wilson.
Teapot Dome involved the conservation of the oil resources of the United States, especially those situated upon the public lands.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USAteapot.htm   (1570 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Teapot Dome   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Round Plastic Domes Clear, white and tinted acrylic domes ranging from 1-1/2" to 69" diameter
In 1924 he was involved in the scandal about the oil reserves (see Teapot Dome).
He was charged not with fraud but with neglect of duty, and he eventually resigned.
www.encyclopedia.com /articlesnew/12683.html   (681 words)

  
 Teapot Rock   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Teapot Dome is an historic site of national significance over which developed a scandal of national proportions, involving California as well as Wyoming oil fields and involving high officials of the United States government and private enterprise.
Teapot Rock is an eroded sandstone formation located about 25 miles north of the city of Casper in the southwestern Powder River Basin.
The formation which once looked like a teapot has given its name to a number of natural and man-made features of the surrounding landscape including a creek, townsite, oil development company, and one of the most famous oil fields in American history.
wyoshpo.state.wy.us /teapot.htm   (190 words)

  
 Teapot Dome, Zillah Washington, Washington Tourist Attractions, Yakima Valley, America's Attractions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
A few months later, Secretary of the Interior Albert Fall leased, without competitive bidding, the Teapot Dome fields to an oil operator named Henry Sinclair, and the fields of Elk Hills to a man named Edward L. Doheny.
Sinclair was later sentenced to prison for contempt of the Senate and for employing detectives to shadow members of the jury in the case.
The oil fields were restored to the government through a supreme court decision in 1927, but the Teapot Dome gas station continues to operate about 15 miles southeast of Yakima on Interstate 82.
www.aviewofamerica.com /Washington/Attraction/TeapotDome/teapotdome.htm   (279 words)

  
 Ceramic Yixing Pot from In Pursuit of Tea
Yixing teapots are known to brew the best-tasting teas.
Frequent use "seasons" the teapots: the more often you brew tea in the pot, the more luminous it becomes, the more refined and classic it looks, and the more fragrant and delicious the tea that is brewed in it becomes.
Tea afficionados have a different pot for different types of teas to keep the flavor consistent with the "seasoning." A Yixing pot should never be washed, merely rinsed out with cold water, so to not risk rinsing away the coveted residue coating the interior of the pot.
www.inpursuitoftea.com /product_p/xcyreg.htm   (278 words)

  
 The Teapot Dome Scandal
The "Teapot Dome" - named after a rock resembling the kitchen implement - was near Casper, Wyoming.
Teapot Dome was leased to Harry F. Sinclair's Mammoth Oil Company.
The Supreme Court annulled both the Elk Hills and the Teapot Dome leases in 1927.
www.articledashboard.com /Article/The-Teapot-Dome-Scandal/6613   (581 words)

  
 PRESS RELEASE Rancher Energy Corp. Signs LOI for Wyoming East Teapot Dome Acquisition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The East Teapot Dome field is situated in the southwest corner of the Powder River Basin, approximately 25 miles north and slightly east of Casper, Wyoming and eight miles southeast of Midwest, Wyoming.
It is located in the Teapot Dome field, home of the U.S. Department of Energy's Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 3, as well as the Rocky Mountain Oilfield Testing Center.
Of historical note, the Teapot Dome Field was at the center of a notorious scandal that rocked the administration of President Warren G. Harding in the early 1920s.
www.marketwire.com /mw/release_html_b1?release_id=151239   (650 words)

  
 A summary of the Teapot Dome scandal from the Brookings Institution
A summary of the Teapot Dome scandal from the Brookings Institution
A summary of the Teapot Dome scandal from the Brookings Institution; with several quotes from the congressional inquiry, this provides a good background on the case in a fairly readable fashion.
Teapot Dome became the nomenclature for what North Dakota Senator Gerald Nye called "the slimiest of slimy trails beaten by privilege."
academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu /history/johnson/teapotdome.htm   (10943 words)

  
 Teapot Dome scandal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The investigation led to a series of civil and criminal suits related to the scandal throughout the 1920s.
The only political casualty was Fall's Senate replacement, Holm O. Bursum, whom Fall had handpicked to succeed him.
This sort of thing had happened before; President Theodore Roosevelt had crusaded against this type of behavior twenty years earlier.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Teapot_Dome   (1299 words)

  
 DOE - Fossil Energy Techline: DOE Oil Field Takes Pioneering Role In Large-Scale CO2 Sequestration Test
Washington, DC - The Department of Energy's (DOE) "Teapot Dome" oil field in Wyoming will anchor a pioneering scientific venture that ultimately could prove one option of large-scale, region-wide carbon sequestration, a critical step in support of emissions-free energy and the goals of President Bush's Climate Initiative.
The Teapot Dome project could grow to be one of the three largest sequestration tests in the world.
The venture is expected to yield important dual assessments, including determination of optimal carbon sequestration levels in depleted oil and gas fields throughout the multi-state Rocky Mountain region, and the optimum combination of sequestration and enhanced oil recovery.
www.fossil.energy.gov /news/techlines/2003/tl_teapotdome.html   (717 words)

  
 Educate Yourself - Jay Cooke - Part 3
At that time, Senator John Kendrick of Wyoming, alerted by one of his constituents, launched a probe into the Teapot Dome oil lands in Wyoming, specifically calling on Albert Fall to explain why the reserves were being secretly leased to Sinclair's Mammoth Oil Co. But it took awhile for this action to get going.
On October 25, 1923, the first meeting of the Senate subcommittee to investigate the Teapot Dome oil leases was held, chaired by Senator Thomas Walsh, Democrat from Montana.
Historian Robert Sobel relates that "Fall testified that he had leased Teapot Dome in return for a royalty and the construction of a pipeline to Kansas City.
www.buyandhold.com /bh/en/education/history/2000/teapot_dome3.html   (1486 words)

  
 Teapot Dome Scandal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
This 1924 cartoon shows the dimensions of the Teapot Dome scandal.
Teapot Dome, the 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 Department to the Department of the Interior.
www.wealth4freedom.com /history/Teapot_Dome_Scandal.htm   (386 words)

  
 teapot - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Teapot Dome, notorious government scandal in the early 1920s over the leasing of government-owned oil reserves.
Albert Fall, charged with accepting a bribe in the Tea Pot Dome scandal
Warren G. Harding, involvement in the Tea Pot Dome scandal
ca.encarta.msn.com /teapot.html   (107 words)

  
 U.S. Senate: Art & History Home > Historical Minutes > 1921-1940 > Senate Investigates the "Teapot Dome" ...
On April 15, 1922, Wyoming Democratic Senator John Kendrick introduced a resolution that set in motion one of the most significant investigations in Senate history.
On the previous day, the Wall Street Journal had reported an unprecedented secret arrangement in which the secretary of the Interior, without competitive bidding, had leased the U.S. naval petroleum reserve at Wyoming's Teapot Dome to a private oil company.
"Teapot Dome, 1924," Included in Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr., and Roger Bruns, eds.
www.senate.gov /artandhistory/history/minute/Senate_Investigates_the_Teapot_Dome_Scandal.htm   (304 words)

  
 Teapot Dome Scandal
Early in the Harding administration, Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby persuaded the president to transfer responsibility of some of the Navy Department’s oil reserves to the Department of the Interior.
Oil fields at Elk Hills, California, and Teapot Dome near Casper, Wyoming, were involved.
Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall, a former senator from New Mexico, secretly leased the Wyoming reserve to oilman Harry F. Sinclair in April 1922; a few months later the California lands were similarly leased to Edward L. Doheny.
www.u-s-history.com /pages/h1377.html   (406 words)

  
 Albert Fall made the words 'Teapot Dome' a synonym for scandal
And yet Teapot Dome was the kind of place that fell outside the bounds of that sentiment.
Thanks to one of the West's remarkable characters, Secretary of Interior Albert Fall, Teapot Dome escaped from the anonymity of its surroundings and became a famous name.
The immediate response to the Teapot Dome scandal looked like a victory for honest government: wrongdoing was exposed, and perpetrators were punished.
web.dailycamera.com /opinion/columnists/02ewest.html   (1057 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.