On a fateful Monday in January 1911, the nation’s capital was abuzz with whispers of a high-stakes scandal. Gifford Pinchot, the former US Secretary of the Interior, had called out President William Howard Taft over the Cunningham Alaskan coal claims. This explosive issue had already left a trail of devastation in its wake, contributing to the bitter defeat of the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill.
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Key Facts
- State: National
- Category: Public Corruption
- Era: Historical
- Source: Library of Congress — Chronicling America ↗
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