Fall Guy by Leon Metz
August 20, 2026
Albert Bacon Fall, remembered as the “Fall Guy,” was a New Mexico lawyer, politician, and cabinet official whose career ended in the Teapot Dome Scandal. Born into a family with English and Confederate-era roots, he taught school, studied law at night, and moved west through Texas and New Mexico…
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