Before the well-known Theodore Roosevelt came into office for the second time in 1904, he had been very well respected by many businesses across the country. He received many financial contributions for his presidential campaign, which led to his unanimous victory against the Democrat, Allen Parker. Roosevelt recognized that with financial benefits a campaign party could theoretically buy businesses, and people to vote for them. In 1907 the Tillman Act was passed to stop any financial contributions to national campaigns, from businesses in the United States of America. There was many loopholes in the act, for instance like it was made in a way that it only penalized companies, and the Federal Election Committee’s (FEC) did not exist at the
