Actually, he rode the train back to his hometown, and even presidents today have to pay for personal travel and food expenses themselves. He also, after leaving office, inked a book deal on his memoirs that padded his wallet 'til the end of his life.

But still I get your point.

Side note: If The House of Representatives was apportioned as was originally drawn out in the constitution it would have almost 10,000 members today. It was limited to 435 in 1920 by guess what? An act of Congress just before the 1920 Census that dictates congressional apportionment. Maybe having 305,000,000 represented by a body from the 1920's designed to represent 90,000,000 has something to do with why our government is so corrupt.