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Politicians in Trouble or Disgrace: New Mexico

in chronological order   Albert Bacon Fall (1861-1944) — also known as Albert B. Fall — of Three Rivers, Otero County, N.M. Born in Frankfort, Franklin County, Ky., November 26, 1861. Republican. Lawyer; farmer; member of New Mexico territorial House of Representatives, 1891-92; justice of New Mexico territorial supreme court, 1893; New Mexico territory attorney general, 1897; served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; U.S. Senator from New Mexico, 1912-21; delegate to Republican National Convention from New Mexico, 1916; U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 1921-23. Convicted of bribery in 1929 for his role in the Teapot Dome oil lease scandal; served one year in prison. Died in El Paso, El Paso County, Tex., November 30, 1944 (age 83 years, 4 days). Interment at Evergreen Alameda Cemetery, El Paso, Tex.   Relatives: Son of William R. Fall and Edmonia (Taylor) Fall; married, May 7, 1883, to Emma Garland Morgan (daughter of Simpson Harris Morgan).   Cross-reference: Edward L. Doheny — Frank J. Hogan — Edwin Denby   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books about Albert B. Fall: David H. Stratton, Tempest over Teapot Dome : The Story of Albert B. Fall — Herman B. Weisner, The Politics of Justice: A.B. Fall and the Teapot Dome Scandal   Sidney Leo Maestas (b. 1954) — also known as Sidney L. Maestas — of Bloomfield, San Juan County, N.M. Born October 7, 1954. Mayor of Bloomfield, N.M., 1998-2001; resigned 2001. Hispanic ancestry. Arrested in January 2001, and pleaded guilty in October, to criminal sexual conduct with two underaged girls. Still living as of 2001.

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