Albert Bacon Fall (November 26, 1861 – November 30, 1944)

On this day in 1929, during the Teapot Dome scandal, Albert B.
Fall, who served as secretary of the interior in President Warren
G. Harding’s cabinet, was found guilty of accepting a bribe while
in office. Fall, a U.S. senator from New Mexico, was the first
individual to be convicted of a crime committed while a
presidential cabinet member.

Warren Gamaliel Harding
(November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923)

John Jay (December 23, 1745 – May 17, 1829)

(FOX NEWS) – Founding Father John Jay, a towering figure
among the intellectual giants who forged the nation, was
sworn in as first chief justice of the Supreme Court of the
United States on this day in history, Oct. 19, 1789. 

The New York native held the title until resigning in 1795,
among the shortest tenures for the prestigious lifetime
appointment.

Only 16 other people have held the title of Supreme Court
chief justice in the 227 years since.

On the night of May 14, 1829, Jay was stricken with palsy,
probably caused by a stroke. He lived for three more days,
dying in Bedford, New York.

Jay’s childhood home in Rye, New York is a New York
State Historic Site and Westchester County Park.

Jay’s retirement home near Katonah, New York.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy

(FOX NEWS) – Lawmakers have voted to oust Speaker Kevin
McCarthy, R-Calif., from his leadership role, the first time in the
history of the House of Representatives that the chamber voted
to boot a member from the top job. 

Eight Republicans voted with every present Democrat to vacate
the speaker’s chair. The final vote was 216 to 210 in favor of
McCarthy’s ouster.

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., introduced the motion to vacate McCarthy.

Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., is the new temporary leader
of the House of Representatives.

The first Congress of the United States approved 12 amendments
to the U.S. Constitution, and sent them to the states for ratification.

The amendments, known as the Bill of Rights, were designed to
protect the basic rights of U.S. citizens, guaranteeing the freedom
of speech, press, assembly, and exercise of religion; the right to
fair legal procedure and to bear arms; and that powers not
delegated to the federal government were reserved for the states
and the people.

Influenced by the English Bill of Rights of 1689, the Bill of Rights
was also drawn from Virginia’s Declaration of Rights, drafted by
George Mason in 1776.

On September 18, 1793, George Washington laid the cornerstone
to the United States Capitol building, the home of the legislative
branch of American government. The building would take nearly
a century to complete, as architects came and went, the British
set fire to it and it was called into use during the Civil War.

Today, the Capitol building, with its famous cast-iron dome
and important collection of American art, is part of the Capitol
Complex, which includes six Congressional office buildings
and three Library of Congress buildings, all developed in the
19th and 20th centuries.