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Betsy DeVos. Republican. Chair of the Michigan Republican Party (1996–2000; 2003–2005) Secretary of Education (2017–2021) $1.25 billion [ 30] Daughter of Edgar Prince, founder of Prince Corporation; daughter-in-law of Richard DeVos, co-founder of Amway; sister of Erik Prince, founder of Blackwater. Jim Justice.
Since 2009, the salaries per annum of members of the United States Congress have been as follows: [ 6] Position. Salary. Speaker of the House of Representatives. $223,500. Majority leader and minority leader of the House of Representatives. $193,400. President pro tempore of the Senate. $193,400.
In addition, many presidents—including Bill Clinton —have earned considerable income from public speaking after leaving office. [ 3][ 4] Harry Truman was among the poorest U.S. presidents, with a net worth considerably less than $1 million. His financial situation contributed to the doubling of the presidential salary to $100,000 in 1949. [ 5]
North Dakota’s governor, considered a long-shot candidate for the GOP nomination, has a reported net worth of $1.1bn, according to Yahoo! Finance, making him the second wealthiest state leader ...
Methodology: To find the richest member of Congress in each state, GOBankingRates analyzed data from the Center for Responsive Politics on each member of the 116th Congress’ 2018 financial ...
Jay Robert (J.B.) Pritzker is the easily the richest U.S. politician currently holding office. With an estimated net worth of $3.6 billion, the former venture capitalist, tech investor and heir to ...
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg. 1884–1951. Known for his opposition to the New Deal. [ 83] Senator Robert A. Taft. 1889–1953. First chairman of the Senate Republican Policy Committee. [ 84] Senator John W. Bricker.
While there is no income requirement to enter politics, the politicians on this list are all multimillionaires. Only three are billionaires, including former President Donald Trump, but many have...