NAVY SECRETARY RESIGNS FROM PRESIDENT'S CABINET
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On February 18, 1924, The Evening Star reports Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby* "has resigned and will retire from the cabinet on March 10."
The Secretary, because of his "connection with the oil leases (Teapot Dome)," did not want to "further embarrass" the Coolidge administration.
The President has accepted the resignation "with regret." The Star reports that Mr. Denby was advised by "personal and political friends...to step out of the cabinet."
*Edwin Denby (1870-1929) was born in Evansville, Indiana & earned his law degree at the University of Michigan, 1896. ED served in the US Navy & in the Spanish-American War. Afterwards he served in the US House of Representatives, 1905-1911. President Harding appointed him as Navy secretary in 1921.
SOURCE
"Denby Resigns To Give Coolidge Free Hand In Oil Prosecutions; New Sensations Seen In Probe," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., February 18, 1924, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
