Fall, Albert Bacon (1861-1944), served as United States secretary of the interior from 1921 to 1923 under President Warren G. Harding. As interior secretary, Fall participated in the events that became known as the Teapot Dome scandal, an illegal lease of government oil reserves to private oil companies. As a result, Fall became the first U.S. Cabinet member to be convicted of a felony committed while in office.