This list of members of the United States Congress by wealth includes only the fifty richest current members of Congress and displays the difference between assets and liabilities for the member and his or her immediate family, such as a spouse or dependent children. These figures can never be entirely accurate, because the financial disclosure requirements for the United States Congress are approximate by design.[1] The original documents for each member’s disclosure are publicly available on a database website, maintained by the Center for Responsive Politics.[2] For 2014, the median net worth of Congresspersons was $456,522.[3] The full list may be found in the cited link.
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In 2018, to rank among the top 50 wealthiest members of Congress required a net worth of at least $7.5 million.
PresidentsEdit
| Name | Party | Position | Date(s) | Estimated wealth (adjusted for inflation) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Trump | Republican | President | 2017–present | $3.1 billion[1]||Inheritance, business, real estate. | |
| George Washington | Independent | President | 1789–1797 | $525 million[2] | Inheritance, business, and marriage. |
| Thomas Jefferson | Democratic-Republican | President | 1801–1809 | $212 million (died bankrupt)[2] | Inheritance, business. |
| John F. Kennedy | Democratic | President | 1961–1963 | $124 million[3] | Inheritance. |
| Theodore Roosevelt | Republican | President | 1901–1909 | $125 million[2] | Inheritance |
| Andrew Jackson | Democratic | President | 1829–1837 | $119 million[2] | Marriage, business, and real estate. |
| James Madison | Democratic-Republican | President | 1809–1817 | $101 million[2] | Inheritance, business. |
Unsuccessful presidential candidatesEdit
| Name | Party | Position | Date(s) | Estimated wealth (not adjusted for inflation) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillary Clinton | Democratic | First Lady, U.S. Senatorfrom New York, Secretary of State, Candidate for U.S. President |
1993–2001, 2001–2009, 2009–2013, 2008 and 2016 |
$52–111 million[4] | Book deals, public speaking engagements, and foreign donations (as listed by the donors on her foundations website https://www.clintonfoundation.org/contributors ). |
| Mitt Romney | Republican | U.S. Senatorfrom Utah, Governor of Massachusetts, Candidate for U.S. President |
2019, 2003–2007, 2008 and 2012 |
$190–250 million[5] | Son of Michigan Governor George W. Romney. Former CEO of Bain Capital and Bain & Company. |
| John Kerry | Democratic | U.S. Senatorfrom Massachusetts, Candidate for U.S. President, Secretary of State |
1985–2013, 2004 2013–2017 |
$200 million[6] | Marriage. Current wife, Teresa Heinz, is the widow of H. John Heinz III, heir to H. J. Heinz Company. |
| Al Gore | Democratic | U.S. Senatorfrom Tennessee, Vice President, Candidate for U.S. President |
1985–1993, 1993–2001, 1988 and 2000 |
$100 million[7] | Inheritance. Son of attorney and US Senator Albert Gore Sr. who owned a stake in Occidental Petroleum; book and film deals. |
| Steve Forbes | Republican | Board for International Broadcasting, Candidate for U.S. President |
1985–1993, 1996 and 2000 |
$430 million[8] | Editor and publisher. |
| Ross Perot | Reform | Select Committee on Public Education, Candidate for U.S. President |
1983, 1992 and 1996 |
$4.1 billion[9] | Founded Electronic Data Systems and Perot Systems. |
| Ted Kennedy | Democratic | U.S. Senatorfrom Massachusetts, Candidate for U.S. President |
1962–2009, 1980 |
$163 million[10] | Inherited much wealth – including a stake in The Chicago Merchandise Mart. |
| Nelson Rockefeller | Republican | Governor of New York, Vice President, Candidate for U.S. President |
1959–1973, 1974–1977, 1960s |
$1 billion[11] | Inheritance. Grandson of John D. Rockefeller. |
| James M. Cox | Democratic | Governor of Ohio, Candidate for U.S. President |
1913–1915 and 1917–1921, 1920 |
$40 million (D. 1950)[12] | Founded a chain of newspapers that continues today as Cox Enterprises, a media conglomerate. |
| Samuel J. Tilden | Democratic | Governor of New York, Candidate for U.S. President |
1875–1876, 1876 |
$8.5 million(D. 1886)[13] | Inheritance. His father and other family members were the makers of Tilden’s Extract, a popular patent medicine of the 1800s and early 1900s. Law practice, investments |
| John Hancock | Federalist | Governor of Massachusetts, Candidate for U.S. President |
1780–1785 and 1787–1793, 1789 |
$100 million[14] | Inherited much wealth – including a profitable mercantile business from his uncle. |
Other U.S. politiciansEdit
| Name | Party | Position | Date(s) | Estimated wealth (not adjusted for inflation) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Bloomberg | Democratic | Mayor of New York City | 2002–2013[15] | $62 billion[16] | Founder of Bloomberg L.P., Republican then Independent while in office |
| David Koch | Republican | Libertarian nominee for Vice President | 1980 | $48 billion[17][18] | Son of Fred Koch, founder of Koch Industries; VP of Koch Industries |
| J. B. Pritzker | Democratic | Governor of Illinois | 2019–present | $3.5 billion[19] | Inheritance, family owns the Hyatt hotel chain |
| Penny Pritzker | Democratic | Secretary of Commerce | 2013–2017 | $2.5 billion[20] | Inheritance, family owns the Hyatt hotel chain |
| Bill Haslam | Republican | Mayor of Knoxville, Governor of Tennessee |
2003–2011, 2011–2019 |
$2 billion[21] | Former CEO of the e-commerce and catalog division of Saks Fifth Avenue; Son of Jim Haslam, founder of Pilot Corporation |
| Tom Steyer | Democratic | Candidate in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries | 2020–Present | $1.6 billion[22] | Founder of Farallon Capital |
| Mark Dayton | Democratic | State Auditor of Minnesota, U.S. Senator from Minnesota, Governor of Minnesota |
1991–1995, 2001–2007, 2011–2019 |
$1.6 billion | Great grandson of George Dayton, the founder of Target[23] |
| Jim Justice | Republican with a year intermission as Democratic | Governor of West Virginia | 2017–present | $1.59 billion[24] | Inheritance, coal and agriculture holdings, The Greenbrier resort |
| Betsy DeVos | Republican | Secretary of Education | 2017–present | $1.25 billion[25] | 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 USA |
| Linda McMahon | Republican | Administrator of the Small Business Administration | 2017–present | $938 million-1.1 billion [26] | Married to Vince McMahon, who inherited the professional wrestling business founded by his grandfather Jess McMahon and now known as WWE |
| Bruce Rauner | Republican | Governor of Illinois | 2015–2019 | $500 million+ | Chairman of GTCR |
| Amo Houghton | Republican | Representative from New York | 1987–2005 | $475 million[27] | Great-great-grandson of Amory Houghton, Sr., founder of Corning Glass Works; Former CEO of Corning Glass Works |
| Jared Polis | Democratic | Representative from Colorado, Governor of Colorado |
2009–2019, 2019–present |
$388 million[28] | Founder of ProFlowers |
| Rex Tillerson | Republican | Secretary of State | 2017–2018 | $325 million[25] | Former CEO of ExxonMobil |
| Greg Gianforte | Republican | Representative from Montana | 2017–present | $315 million[29] | Founder of RightNow Technologies |
| Jon Corzine | Democratic | US Senator from New Jersey, Governor of New Jersey |
2001–2006, 2006–2010 |
$300 million[27] | Former CEO of Goldman Sachs |
| Steven Mnuchin | Republican | Secretary of the Treasury | 2017–present | $300 million[25] | Former executive of Goldman Sachs |
| Michael McCaul | Republican | Representative from Texas | 2005–present | $294 million[6] | Son-in-law of Lowry Mays, founder of Clear Channel Communications |
| Rick Scott | Republican | Governor of Florida, U.S. Senator from Florida |
2011–2019, 2019–present |
$255 million[30] | Founder of Columbia Hospital Corporation |
| Mark Warner | Democratic | U.S. Senator from Virginia, Governor of Virginia |
2009–present, 2002–2006 |
$243 million[31] | Co-Founder of Nextel Communications |
| Darrell Issa | Republican | Candidate for U.S. Senator from California, Representative from California |
1998, 2001–2019 |
$220 million[6] | Businessman; founder of Directed Electronics |
| Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. | Democratic | U.S. Ambassador to the U.K. | 1938–1940 | $200–400 million[32] | Investor, banker, filmmaker |
| Carl Paladino | Republican | Buffalo Public Schools board of education member, Candidate for Governor of New York |
2010–2017 | $150 million[33] | Retail real estate developer |
| Arnold Schwarzenegger | Republican | Governor of California | 2003–2011 | $100–$200 million[34] | Real estate, acting |