List of presidents of the United States 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, 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. 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 $525 million in 2012.

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. 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.

U.S. presidents since 1929 (when Herbert Hoover took office) have generally been wealthier than before; all except Harry Truman were millionaires, and John F. Kennedy, in 24/7 Wall St.'s valuation, was almost twice as wealthy as George Washington. These presidents have often received income from autobiographies and other writing; 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.

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.

George Washington, the wealthiest or second 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)	Political party	Years in office	Lifespan
John F. Kennedy	1,000	Democratic	1961–1963	1917–1963
George Washington	525	None	1789–1797	1732–1799
Thomas Jefferson	212	Democratic-Republican	1801–1809	1743–1826
Theodore Roosevelt	125	Republican	1901–1909	1858–1919
Andrew Jackson	119	Democratic	1829–1837	1767–1845
James Madison	101	Democratic-Republican	1809–1817	1751–1836
Lyndon Johnson	98	Democratic	1963–1969	1908–1973
Herbert Hoover	75	Republican	1929–1933	1874–1964
Franklin D. Roosevelt	60	Democratic	1933–1945	1882–1945
Bill Clinton	55	Democratic	1993–2001	1946–present
John Tyler	51	Whig	1841–1845	1790–1862
James Monroe	27	Democratic-Republican	1817–1825	1758–1831
Martin Van Buren	26	Democratic	1837–1841	1782–1862
Grover Cleveland	25	Democratic	1885–1889 1893–1897	1837–1908
George H. W. Bush	23	Republican	1989–1993	1924–present
John Quincy Adams	21	Democratic-Republican	1825–1829	1767–1848
George W. Bush	20	Republican	2001–2009	1946–present
John Adams	19	Federalist	1797–1801	1735–1826
Richard Nixon	15	Republican	1969–1974	1913–1994
Ronald Reagan	13	Republican	1981–1989	1911–2004
James K. Polk	10	Democratic	1845–1849	1795–1849
Dwight Eisenhower	8	Republican	1953–1961	1890–1969
Barack Obama	7	Democratic	2009–present	1961–present
Gerald Ford	7	Republican	1974–1977	1913–2006
Jimmy Carter	7	Democratic	1977–1981	1924–present
Zachary Taylor	6	Whig	1849–1850	1784–1850
William Henry Harrison	5	Whig	1841–1841	1773–1841
Benjamin Harrison	5	Republican	1889–1893	1833–1901
Millard Fillmore	4	Whig	1850–1853	1800–1874
Rutherford B. Hayes	3	Republican	1877–1881	1822–1893
William Howard Taft	3	Republican	1909–1913	1857–1930
Franklin Pierce	2	Democratic	1853–1857	1804–1869
William McKinley	1	Republican	1897–1901	1843–1901
Warren G. Harding	1	Republican	1921–1923	1865–1923
James Buchanan	<1	Democratic	1857–1861	1791–1868
Abraham Lincoln	<1	Republican	1861–1865	1809–1865
Andrew Johnson	<1	National Union/Democratic	1865–1869	1808–1875
Ulysses S. Grant	<1	Republican	1869–1877	1822–1885
James Garfield	<1	Republican	1881–1881	1831–1881
Chester A. Arthur	<1	Republican	1881–1885	1829–1886
Woodrow Wilson	<1	Democratic	1913–1921	1856–1924
Calvin Coolidge	<1	Republican	1923–1929	1872–1933
Harry S. Truman	<1	Democratic	1945–1953	1884–1972