As a captain , he had the distinction of commanding the small ( four or five Marine ) detachment that was dispatched by Secretary of the Interior Albert Fall to evict a drilling rig crew belonging to the Mutual Oil Company from the Teapot Dome oil field in Natrona County , Wyoming on July 30 , 1922 , and thus precipitating one of the major sources of scandal during the administration of President Warren G. Harding . ( The eviction preceded without incident ; the officials of the company even fed lunch to Captain Schuler and the men of his detachment after drilling operations had ceased . ) ( pages 81 – 83 , Teapot Dome , Morris R. Werner and Starr , John , Viking Press , 1959 ) He was New York State Treasurer from 1923 to 1924 , elected in 1922 but defeated for re-election in 1924 by Republican Lewis H. Pounds . He was a delegate to the 1924 Democratic National Convention
1924 Democratic National Convention
1924 Democratic National Convention
George K. Shuler