List of richest American politicians

This list of richest American politicians includes current and former office-holders and political appointees, and is not necessarily adjusted for inflation. Estimated wealth is at least $100 million in 2012 dollars, for all the people listed here. The amounts listed here do not necessarily pertain to the politicians' time in office (i.e. some of them may have gotten much richer later on, or lost their money before they ran for office).

Presidents

Name	Party	Position	Date(s)	Estimated wealth (adjusted for inflation)	Notes
George Washington	Independent	U.S. President	1789–1797	$525 million[1]	Inheritance and marriage.
Theodore Roosevelt	Republican	U.S. President	1901–1909	$125 million[1]	Inheritance.
Andrew Jackson	Democrat	U.S. President	1829–1837	$119 million[1]	Marriage, slavery, and real estate.
Thomas Jefferson	Democratic-Republican	U.S. President	1801–1809	$212 million (died bankrupt)[1]	Inheritance.
James Madison	Democratic-Republican	U.S. President	1809–1817	$101 million[1]	Inheritance.
John F. Kennedy	Democrat	U.S. President	1961–1963	$124 million[2]	Inheritance.

Unsuccessful and current presidential candidates

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Name	Party	Position	Date(s)	Estimated wealth (not adjusted for inflation)	Notes
Steve Forbes	Republican	Board for International Broadcasting, Candidate for US President	1985–1993, 1996 and 2000	$430 million[3]	Editor and publisher.
Donald J. Trump	Republican	Candidate for US President	2016	$4 billion[4]	Chairman and President of The Trump Organization.
Ross Perot	Reform	Select Committee on Public Education, Candidate for US President	1983, 1992 and 1996	$4.1 billion[5]	Founded Electronic Data Systems and Perot Systems.
Mitt Romney	Republican	Governor of Massachusetts, Candidate for US President	2003–2007, 2008 and 2012	$190–250 million[6]	Former CEO of Bain Capital and Bain & Company.
John Kerry	Democrat	US Senator from Massachusetts, Candidate for US President, Secretary of State	1985–2013, 2004 2013-present	$193 million[7]	Marriage. Current wife, Teresa Heinz, is the widow of H. John Heinz III, heir to H. J. Heinz Company.
John Hancock	Federalist	Governor of Massachusetts, Candidate for US President	1780–1785 and 1787–1793, 1789	$100 million[8]
Ted Kennedy	Democrat	US Senator from Massachusetts, Candidate for US President	1962–2009, 1980	$163 million[9]	Inherited much wealth - including a stake in The Chicago Merchandise Mart.
Al Gore	Democrat	US Senator from Tennessee, Vice President of the United States, Candidate for US President	1985–1993, 1993–2001, 2000	$100 million[10]
Nelson Rockefeller	Republican	Governor of New York, Vice President of the United States, Candidate for US President	1959–1973, 1974–1977, 1960s	$1 billion[11]	Inheritance. Grandson of John D. Rockefeller.
Samuel J. Tilden	Democrat	Governor of New York, Candidate for US President	1875–1876, 1876	$8.5 million (D. 1886)[12]
James M. Cox	Democrat	Governor of Ohio, Candidate for US President	1913–1915 and 1917–1921, 1920	$40 million (D. 1950)[13]

Other U.S. politicians

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Name	Party	Position	Date(s)	Estimated wealth (not adjusted for inflation)	Notes
Michael Bloomberg	Independent	Mayor of New York City	2002–2013[14]	$41.2 billion[15]	Founder of Bloomberg L.P.
Bill Haslam	Republican	Mayor of Knoxville, Governor of Tennessee	2003-2011, 2011–present	$2 billion[16]	Son of Jim Haslam, the founder of Pilot Corporation. Former CEO of Saks Fifth Avenue.
Mark Dayton	Democrat	State Auditor of Minnesota, US Senator from Minnesota, Governor of Minnesota	1991-1995, 2001-2007, 2011-present	$1.6 billion	Great grandson of George Dayton, the founder of Target.[17]
Amo Houghton	Republican	Representative from New York	1987–2005	$475 million[18]	Former CEO of Corning Incorporated.
Arnold Schwarzenegger	Republican	Governor of California	2003–2011	$300–400 million	Actor
Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.	Democrat	United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom	1938–1940	$200–400 million[19]	Investor, banker, and international liquor transporter.
Jon Corzine	Democrat	US Senator from New Jersey, Governor of New Jersey	2001–2006, 2006–2010	$300 million[18]	Former CEO of Goldman Sachs.
Michael McCaul	Republican	Representative from Texas	2005–present	$294 million[7]	Son-in-law of Clear Channel Communications founder, Lowry Mays.
Darrell Issa	Republican	Candidate for US Senator from California, Representative from California	1998, 2001–present	$220 million[7]	Founder of Directed Electronics.
Carl Paladino	Republican	Buffalo Public Schools board of education member, Candidate for Governor of New York	2010	$150 million[20]	Retail real estate developer.
Rick Scott	Republican	Governor of Florida	2011–present	$103 million[21]	Founder of Columbia Hospital Corporation.

See also

• List of current members of the United States Congress by wealth
• List of heads of state and government by net worth
• List of United States Presidents by net worth
• List of candidates for President of the United States who received at least one electoral vote
• Historic values of the U.S. dollar

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