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SENATOR WAS ‘’A FALL GUY’’ FOR A SCANDAL

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

During the Teapot Dome scandal of the 1920s, 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 was the first individual to be convicted of a crime committed
while a presidential cabinet member.



Senate committee investigating the Teapot Dome oil leases, 1924.

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

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LONGTIME SENATOR HAS DIED AT AGE 88

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Orrin Grant Hatch (March 22, 1934 – April 23, 2022)

Orrin Hatch, the longtime Republican senator from Utah, died
Saturday in Salt Lake City at the age of 88.

Hatch, who retired in January 2019 at the end of his last term,
served in the Senate for 42 years, making him the longest-
serving Republican U.S. senator.

His foundation said he died surrounded by family. The cause
of death was not released
.

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RETIRED SENATOR HAS DIED AT AGE 82

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Harry Mason Reid (December 2, 1939 – December 28, 2021)

(FoxNews) – Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat representing the state of Nevada, died Tuesday.  

Reid, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2018, served
in Congress from 1983 until his retirement in 2017. He announced
in 2019 his cancer was in remission.

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FORMER GOP SENATOR HAS DIED AT 98

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Robert Joseph Dole (July 22, 1923 – December 5, 2021)

Longtime GOP Senator and Presidential candidate Bob Dole died 
early Sunday morning in his sleep.    

The Dole family issued a statement later saying America was
grieving the loss of "one of its heroes.”

Condolences from both Republicans and Democrats alike commemorating his nearly four decades of service.have
been received.

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SENATOR CONDEMNED ON THIS DAY IN 1954

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Joseph Raymond McCarthy (November 14, 1908 – May 2, 1957)

The U.S. Senate voted 65 to 22 to condemn Senator Joseph R.
McCarthy
for conduct unbecoming of a senator. The action
which was equivalent to a censure, related to McCarthy’s
controversial investigation of
suspected communists in the
U.S. government, military and civilian society.

What is known as “McCarthyism” began on February 9, 1950,
when McCarthy, a relatively obscure Republican senator from
Wisconsin, announced during a speech in Wheeling, West
Virginia
, that he had in his possession a list of 205 communists
who had infiltrated the U.S. State Department.

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