OVERVIEW:

BORN:
November 26, 1861;
Frankfort, Kentucky

DIED:
November 30, 1944 (age 83);
El Paso, Texas

EDUCATION:

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat (Before 1904)
Republican (From 1904)

HIGHLIGHTS:
1891:
Admitted to Bar in Began Practicing in Las Cruces, New Mexico
1891-1892
Member, New Mexico Territorial House of Representatives
1893-1894:
Associate Judge,  Third District Court of the New Mexico Territory
1898-1899:
Fought in Spanish American War
1912-1921:
U.S. Senator (R-NM)
1921-1923:
U.S. Secretary of the Interior
1931-1932:
Convicted  of bribery for leasing federal lands to oil companies in exchange for personal loans as part of the Teapot Dome scandal;
First U.S. Cabinet Official Convicted of a Felony;
Served Nine Months in New Mexico state prison

RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
Miller Center
Ohio History Central
Wikipedia

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