A Fiscal Ranking Of Every President Based On Net Wealth
Forty-four presidents have made their way through the Oval Office. That’s a lot of money and power to pass through the doors of the White House. The guys over at Supercompressor ranked every president based off his net wealth from one to 44. We just broke them down into tiers.
The net wealth of each president is based off 2010 U.S. dollars.
Bottom Tier – Less than $1M
T-44. Harry Truman < $1M
T-44. Calvin Coolidge <$1M
T-44. Woodrow Wilson <$1M
T-44. Chester Arthur <$1M
T-44. James A. Garfield <$1M
T-44. Ulysses S. Grant < $1M
T-44. Andrew Johnson < $1M
T-44. Abraham Lincoln < $1M
T-44. James Buchanan – < $1M
Bottom Middle Tier – Between $1M and $20M
T-34. Warren G. Harding – $1M
T-34. William McKinley – $1M
32. Franklin Pierce – $2M
T-31. William Howard Taft -$3M
T-31. Rutherford B. Hayes -$3M
29. Millard Fillmore – $4M
T-28. Benjamin Harrison – $5M
T-28. William Henry Harrison – $5M
26. Zachary Taylor – $6M
T-25. Jimmy Carter – $7M
T-25. Gerald Ford – $7M
23. Dwight D. Eisenhower – $8M
22. James Polk – $10M
21. Barack Obama – $12M
20. Ronald Reagan – $13M
19. Richard Nixon – $15M
18. John Adams- $19M
Top Middle Tier – Between $20M and $100M
17. George W. Bush – $20M
16. John Quincy Adams – $21M
15. George H. W. Bush – $23M
14. Grover Cleveland – $25M
13. Martin Van Buren – $26M
12. James Monroe – $27M
11. John Tyler – $51M
10. Bill Clinton -$55M
9. Franklin D. Roosevelt – $60M
8. Herbert Hoover – $75M
7. Lyndon B. Johnson – $98M
Top Tier – Between $100M and $1B
6. James Madison – $101M
5. Andrew Jackson – $119M
4. Teddy Roosevelt – $125M
3. Thomas Jefferson – $212M
2. George Washington – $525M
The Leader Of The Pack
1. John F. Kennedy – $1B
Was there any doubt that JFK was going to lead the way by a wide margin? Guy was straight swimming in cash.
Plantation ownership, being a successful lawyer, and family money fueled the majority of these men’s fortunes. I had to cut the middle tier in two to put the Bushes and their oil money in a different class from Barry. Moral of the story: if you want to have presidential-type money, have family money and become a lawyer..
[via Supercompressor]
11 years ago at 10:00 amGood call not putting Barry and W in the same tier.
11 years ago at 10:01 amI hate that Barry’s not bottom tier..
11 years ago at 11:09 amHe’s already bottom tier in everything else
11 years ago at 1:58 pmLets face it, with enough money, he could potentially change that. Heckler, he almost has enough.
11 years ago at 7:07 pmI have a feeling George W. Is worth a lot more than a measly 20 mil.
11 years ago at 10:20 amA good portion of his money has to be tied with Bush Sr., which will eventually be Dubya’s.
11 years ago at 2:00 pm1 million still being considered bottom tier. TFM.
11 years ago at 10:39 amThis shit better be adjusted for inflation you geriatric fuck.
11 years ago at 10:48 amreally clearly at the top it says adjusted to 2010 dollars
11 years ago at 11:00 amIt takes a real man to admit his mistakes, but an ever bigger man to deny them. Fuck you.
11 years ago at 11:30 am“Based off of 2010 US dollars.” And the fact that GW is near the top should make it obvious. Bozo.
11 years ago at 11:31 amFuck off
11 years ago at 6:54 pmI’m throwing the bullshit on George Washington, he had to borrow the $600 he needed for travel and inauguration party expenses at the time of his election
11 years ago at 11:01 amIt’s adjusted for inflation. plus a lot of his wealth was in assests (slaves, land) so he may have never had too much cash on hand because he continually reinvested into his plantation
11 years ago at 11:15 amThat’s true. Early plantation owners never did have that much cash on hand and we’re constantly having to speculate and purchase land to expand their agriculture and remain profitable.
11 years ago at 12:06 pmFair enough then
11 years ago at 2:36 pmYeah and he lost his ATM card and maxed out his Amex too, way back in the 1700’s when those things were prevalent. Dumbass.
11 years ago at 2:40 pmWhat the literal fuck has Obama done in his life to net $12M? Write two books about his absentee father? The fuck outta here.
11 years ago at 11:07 amPoliticians generally have pretty nice stock portfolios because they can see which industries will be effected by legislation before anyone else
11 years ago at 12:03 pmKennedy was the last true democrat. Now the “democrats” are truly just progressives. He would’ve had my vote.
11 years ago at 11:41 amBecause FDR wasn’t a progressive, right?
11 years ago at 1:18 pmObama’s wealth will sky rocket post presidency. You can’t deny this claim because it always happens, unfortunately.
11 years ago at 11:42 amUnfortunately, Obama’s wealth will probably surpass the Bush’s post presidency.
11 years ago at 11:43 amDoubt it.
11 years ago at 12:57 pm