The correct answer is A) 1888.
Albert Fall lost his only election in 1888.
In 1888, he lost an election to the House of Representatives for the state of New Mexico. Years later, in March 1912, he became Senator for New Mexico until 1921. Then, in the administration of President Warren G. Hardin, he was appointed Secretary of the Interior. Unfortunately for him, he was part of the famous political scandal known as the Teapot Dome Scandal, in which Fall was accused of leasing oil navy's reserves to private companies at very low rates.