It has become a commonplace to refer to President Theodore Roosevelt as the person who brought reporters into the White House and provided them with space to do their work. A search through White House records from the latter part of the nineteenth century, however, reveals a different version of the time and manner in which reporters acquired space in the White House. When it was in the mutual interest of news organizations and the presidents they covered, reporters acquired a work table in the White House office corridor. The year when that occurred was 1896, a full century ago.
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