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Year 1924 in Review: Graft Probes and New Leaders
Washington recalls a turbulent political year defined by Teapot Dome and Daugherty investigations, Republican Coolidge’s landslide victory, Democratic strife led by Al Smith and John Davis, and La Follette’s continuing third party push. Congress faced tax cuts and debt relief while warding off cabinet turmoil and ongoing probes.
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Washington
United Press
White House
Secretary of the Treasury
Senate
Coolid
Congress
Ody
Calvin Coolidge
Vermont
Charles G Dawes
Chicago
Repubcan
New York
Hone
al Smith
William Gree
Adao
Sterling North
John W. Davis
West Virginia
Charles Bryan
Nebraska
Robert M. la Follette
Cleveland
Conference For
Progressive
la Follette
Teapot Dome
Daugherty
Fall
Lodses
Suil
Wheeler
Montana
Department of Justice