The corrupt Secretary of the Interior in the 1920s was Albert B. Fall, who served under President Warren G. Harding. He was involved in the Teapot Dome scandal, where he secretly leased federal oil reserves to private companies in exchange for kickbacks. Fall's actions were exposed, leading to his conviction for bribery in 1929, making him the first U.S. cabinet member to go to prison for corruption. The scandal highlighted significant issues of governmental corruption during the Harding administration.
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