Ohio Gang

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The Ohio Gang were a group of politicians and industry leaders who came to be associated with Warren G. Harding, the twenty-ninth President of the United States of America. Harry M. Daugherty, Albert B. Fall, and Secretary of the Navy, Edwin C. Denby, were considered to have been responsible for acts of corruption and cronyism. The resulting scandals are considered to have led to the suicide of one associate, and the jailing of Fall.

The Ohio Gang was responsible for the Teapot Dome scandal

The term "The Ohio Gang" was used as the title of a 1981 book by Charles Mee Jr.'s based upon the scandals.

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  1. ^ Ohio History Central - Thomas Miller
Ohio Gang (American politician). Encyclopædia Britannica Online (-). Retrieved on 2007-08-04. “Leader of the Ohio Gang was Harry M. Daugherty,”
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