Among these was Teapot Dome, a geological oil formation in Wyoming. Two other major reserves were located in California. ... but the expression was already in common use by the 1920s.

When Warren G. Harding became president in 1920, oil tycoons saw him as the answer to their prayers. Some had donated to his campaign and counted on him to return the favor with oil-friendly ...

How a small-town bank and its notes became unexpectedly tied to one of the biggest political scandals of the 1920s—Teapot ...

On Friday, the Department of Energy finalized a deal to sell off the Teapot Dome oilfield. Yes … that Teapot Dome. The oilfield, located in Wyoming, was central to the Teapot Dome bribery ...

The oil field was the center of the Teapot Dome scandal, a 1920s oil leasing controversy that landed a member of then-President Warren G. Harding's Cabinet in prison for bribery.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Douglas M. Charles, Penn State (THE CONVERSATION) After winning the 2024 election ...

The United States has seen some whopping mishaps and scandals in the oil and gas industry over the years, from Teapot Dome in the 1920s to the collapse of Enron in 2001 and the Deepwater Horizon ...