List of United States Presidents by net worth

The wealth of Presidents of the United States has varied considerably, with one president (George Washington) being worth more than half a billion in 2010 dollars, while some others were not millionaires.

Most U.S. Presidents before 1845 were extremely wealthy, including Andrew Jackson, who was born into poverty,^[1] and George Washington, the richest of the period, but by no means were all early Presidents rich. Many of these early presidents were landowners, and some of them owned plantations, including their own slaves.^[2][3] At the time of his death, Washington’s land, slaves, house, horses and personal belongings were worth about $525,000, estimated to be the equivalent of $524 million in 2012.^[4]

The Presidents of the late 19th century and of the 1920s were generally not very wealthy, despite the widespread belief that their economic policies benefited the wealthy the most.^[5][6][7] Many of these were born into poor or middle-class families and did not move up the economic ladder significantly during their lifetimes, even though a number of them served as generals in the U.S. Army.^[8]

U.S. presidents since 1929 (when Herbert Hoover took office) have generally been wealthier than before; all except Harry Truman were millionaires. These presidents have often received income from autobiographies and other writing;^[9] other than John F. Kennedy, all presidents beginning with Calvin Coolidge have written autobiographies. In addition, many presidents received considerable income from public speaking after retirement, such as Bill Clinton.^[10]

As indicated in the table, four of the five richest U.S. presidents since 1929 were Democrats. The poorest U.S. president since 1929 (Harry Truman) was also a Democrat.^[11]

George Washington, the wealthiest U.S. President to date

Harry Truman, the poorest U.S. President since 1929

Widely considered one of the greatest U.S. Presidents, Abraham Lincoln was also one of the poorest in terms of net worth

Current president Barack Obama ranks 21st in wealth.

The figures in the table below are all from 24/7 Wall St.'s 2010 valuation of each president's peak net worth. To allow direct comparison, all of the figures have been adjusted for inflation to 2010 dollars.

Name	Net worth (in millions of 2010 U.S. dollars)[11]	Political party[11]	Years in office	Lifespan
Washington, GeorgeGeorge Washington	525	None	1789–1797	1732–1799
Jefferson, ThomasThomas Jefferson	212	Democratic-Republican	1801–1809	1743–1826
Kennedy, John F.John F. Kennedy	125[12]–1,000[11]	Democratic	1961–1963	1917–1963
Roosevelt, TheodoreTheodore Roosevelt	125	Republican	1901–1909	1858–1919
Jackson, AndrewAndrew Jackson	119	Democratic	1829–1837	1767–1845
Madison, JamesJames Madison	101	Democratic-Republican	1809–1817	1751–1836
Johnson, LyndonLyndon Johnson	98	Democratic	1963–1969	1908–1973
Hoover, HerbertHerbert Hoover	75	Republican	1929–1933	1874–1964
Roosevelt, Franklin D.Franklin D. Roosevelt	60	Democratic	1933–1945	1882–1945
Clinton, BillBill Clinton	55	Democratic	1993–2001	1946–present
Tyler, JohnJohn Tyler	51	Whig	1841–1845	1790–1862
Monroe, JamesJames Monroe	27	Democratic-Republican	1817–1825	1758–1831
Buren, Martin VanMartin Van Buren	26	Democratic	1837–1841	1782–1862
Cleveland, GroverGrover Cleveland	25	Democratic	1885–1889 1893–1897	1837–1908
Bush, George H. W.George H. W. Bush	23	Republican	1989–1993	1924–present
Adams, John QuincyJohn Quincy Adams	21	Democratic-Republican	1825–1829	1767–1848
Bush, George W.George W. Bush	20	Republican	2001–2009	1946–present
Adams, JohnJohn Adams	19	Federalist	1797–1801	1735–1826
Nixon, RichardRichard Nixon	15	Republican	1969–1974	1913–1994
Reagan, RonaldRonald Reagan	13	Republican	1981–1989	1911–2004
Polk, James K.James K. Polk	10	Democratic	1845–1849	1795–1849
Eisenhower, DwightDwight Eisenhower	8	Republican	1953–1961	1890–1969
Obama, BarackBarack Obama	7	Democratic	2009–present	1961–present
Ford, GeraldGerald Ford	7	Republican	1974–1977	1913–2006
Carter, JimmyJimmy Carter	7	Democratic	1977–1981	1924–present
Taylor, ZacharyZachary Taylor	6	Whig	1849–1850	1784–1850
Harrison, William HenryWilliam Henry Harrison	5	Whig	1841–1841	1773–1841
Harrison, BenjaminBenjamin Harrison	5	Republican	1889–1893	1833–1901
Fillmore, MillardMillard Fillmore	4	Whig	1850–1853	1800–1874
Hayes, Rutherford B.Rutherford B. Hayes	3	Republican	1877–1881	1822–1893
Taft, William HowardWilliam Howard Taft	3	Republican	1909–1913	1857–1930
Pierce, FranklinFranklin Pierce	2	Democratic	1853–1857	1804–1869
McKinley, WilliamWilliam McKinley	1	Republican	1897–1901	1843–1901
Harding, Warren G.Warren G. Harding	1	Republican	1921–1923	1865–1923
Buchanan, JamesJames Buchanan	<1	Democratic	1857–1861	1791–1868
Lincoln, AbrahamAbraham Lincoln	<1	Republican	1861–1865	1809–1865
Johnson, AndrewAndrew Johnson	<1	National Union/Democratic	1865–1869	1808–1875
Grant, Ulysses S.Ulysses S. Grant	<1	Republican	1869–1877	1822–1885
Garfield, JamesJames Garfield	<1	Republican	1881–1881	1831–1881
Arthur, Chester A.Chester A. Arthur	<1	Republican	1881–1885	1829–1886
Wilson, WoodrowWoodrow Wilson	<1	Democratic	1913–1921	1856–1924
Coolidge, CalvinCalvin Coolidge	<1	Republican	1923–1929	1872–1933
Truman, Harry S.Harry S. Truman	<1	Democratic	1945–1953	1884–1972

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