Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James A. Tawney
Subject(s): Expenditures, Public, Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, Presidents--Finance, Presidents--Travel, Railroad travel, Williams, John Sharp, 1854-1932
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If objections are still raised to appropriating $25,000 for presidential travel, President Roosevelt tells Congressman Tawney that he would consent to a provision being inserted that none of the money would be for the president’s personal travel. Roosevelt states that regardless of this, the bulk of the money would go to providing for the travel of clerks, stenographers, and other government employees who travel with him, and not his own personal fare. He notes that Thomas Jefferson, when he was president, would travel on horseback, but was not required to supply fifty additional horses for the “government employees, newspaper men, Governors, Senators, Congressmen and outsiders who went along with him,” nor personally pay for all of their lodgings.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1906-06-17
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Recipient
Tawney, James A. (James Albertus), 1855-1919
Language
English
Period
U.S. President – 2nd Term (March 1905-February 1909)
Repository
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Page Count
2
Production Method
Record Type
Multi-image
Resource Type
Rights
These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Library of Congress and Dickinson State University. No known restrictions on publication.
Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James A. Tawney. [June 17, 1906]. Library of Congress Manuscript Division.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o195813. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James A. Tawney. [17 Jun. 1906]. Multi-image.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 27, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o195813.
APA:
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919., [1906, June 17]. Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to James A. Tawney.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o195813.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. February 27, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
APA:
Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-manuscript-division.
