List of richest American politicians - wikipedia 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 ). Contents 1 Presidents 2 Unsuccessful presidential candidates 3 Other U.S. politicians 4 See also 5 References Presidents Main article : List of Presidents of the United States by net worth Name Party Position Date ( s ) Estimated wealth ( adjusted for inflation ) Notes Donald Trump Republican President 2017 -- present $3.1 billion ( in dispute ) Inheritance, business, real estate, reality TV, and marketing George Washington Independent President 1789 -- 1797 $525 million Inheritance, business, and marriage. Thomas Jefferson Democratic - Republican President 1801 -- 1809 $212 million ( died bankrupt ) Inheritance, business. John F. Kennedy Democratic President 1961 -- 1963 $124 million Inheritance. Theodore Roosevelt Republican President 1901 -- 1909 $125 million Inheritance. Andrew Jackson Democratic President 1829 -- 1837 $119 million Marriage, business, and real estate. James Madison Democratic - Republican President 1809 -- 1817 $101 million Inheritance, business. Unsuccessful presidential candidates This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries. Name Party Position Date ( s ) Estimated wealth ( not adjusted for inflation ) Notes Hillary Clinton Democratic First Lady, U.S. Senator from New York, Secretary of State, Candidate for U.S. President 1993 -- 2001, 2001 -- 2009, 2009 -- 2013, 2008 and 2016 $52 -- 111 million Paid speeches, book deals, Clinton Foundation proceeds / Mitt Romney Republican Candidate for U.S. Senator from Utah and Massachusetts, Governor of Massachusetts, Candidate for U.S. President 1994, 2003 -- 2007, 2008 and 2012, 2018 $190 -- 250 million Son of Michigan Governor George W. Romney. Former CEO of Bain Capital and Bain & Company. John Kerry Democratic U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, Candidate for U.S. President, Secretary of State 1985 -- 2013, 2004 2013 -- 2017 $200 million Marriage. Current wife, Teresa Heinz, is the widow of H. John Heinz III, heir to H.J. Heinz Company. Al Gore Democratic U.S. Senator from Tennessee, Vice President, Candidate for U.S. President 1985 -- 1993, 1993 -- 2001, 1988 and 2000 $100 million 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 Editor and publisher. Ross Perot Reform Select Committee on Public Education, Candidate for U.S. President 1983, 1992 and 1996 $4.1 billion Founded Electronic Data Systems and Perot Systems. Ted Kennedy Democratic U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, Candidate for U.S. President 1962 -- 2009, 1980 $163 million 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 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 ) 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 ) 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 Inherited much wealth -- including a profitable mercantile business from his uncle. Other US politicians This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries. Name Party Position Date ( s ) Estimated wealth ( not adjusted for inflation ) Notes Michael Bloomberg Democratic Mayor of New York City 2002 -- 2013 $47.5 billion Founder of Bloomberg L.P. David Koch Republican Libertarian nominee for Vice President 1980 $44.2 billion Son of Fred Koch, founder of Koch Industries ; VP of Koch Industries J.B. Pritzker Democratic Candidate for Governor of Illinois 2018 $3.5 billion Inheritance, family owns the Hyatt hotel chain Penny Pritzker Democratic Secretary of Commerce 2013 -- 2017 $2.5 billion Founder of PSP Capital Partners and Pritzker Realty Group Wilbur Ross Republican Secretary of Commerce 2017 -- present $2.5 billion Serial investor Bill Haslam Republican Mayor of Knoxville, Governor of Tennessee 2003 - 2011, 2011 -- present $2 billion Former CEO of the e-commerce and catalog division of Saks Fifth Avenue ; Son of Jim Haslam, founder of Pilot Corporation Mark Dayton Democratic State Auditor of Minnesota, U.S. Senator from Minnesota, Governor of Minnesota 1991 -- 1995, 2001 -- 2007, 2011 -- present $1.6 billion Great grandson of George Dayton, the founder of Target Jim Justice Republican with a year intermission as Democratic Governor of West Virginia 2017 -- present $1.59 billion Inheritance, coal and agriculture holdings, The Greenbrier resort Betsy DeVos Republican Secretary of Education 2017 -- present $1.25 billion 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 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 -- present $500 million+ Chairman of GTCR Amo Houghton Republican Representative from New York 1987 -- 2005 $475 million Great - great - grandson of Amory Houghton, Sr., founder of Corning Glass Works ; Former CEO of Corning Glass Works Jared Polis Democratic Representative from Colorado 2009 -- present $388 million Founder of ProFlowers Rex Tillerson Republican Secretary of State 2017 -- 2018 $325 million Former CEO of ExxonMobil Greg Gianforte Republican Representative from Montana 2017 -- present $315 million Founder of RightNow Technologies Jon Corzine Democratic US Senator from New Jersey, Governor of New Jersey 2001 -- 2006, 2006 -- 2010 $300 million Former CEO of Goldman Sachs Steven Mnuchin Republican Secretary of the Treasury 2017 -- present $300 million Former executive of Goldman Sachs Michael McCaul Republican Representative from Texas 2005 -- present $294 million Son - in - law of Lowry Mays, founder of Clear Channel Communications Mark Warner Democratic U.S. Senator from Virginia, Governor of Virginia 2009 -- present, 2002 - 2006 $243 million Co-Founder of Nextel Communications Darrell Issa Republican Candidate for U.S. Senator from California, Representative from California 1998, 2001 -- present $220 million Businessman ; founder of Directed Electronics Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. Democratic U.S. Ambassador to the U.K. 1938 -- 1940 $200 -- 400 million Investor, banker, filmmaker Carl Paladino Republican Buffalo Public Schools board of education member, Candidate for Governor of New York 2010 -- 2017 $150 million Retail real estate developer Rick Scott Republican Governor of Florida 2011 -- present $147 million Founder of Columbia Hospital Corporation Arnold Schwarzenegger Republican Governor of California 2003 -- 2011 $100 -- $200 million Real estate, acting See also List of current members of the United States Congress by wealth List of Presidents of the United States by net worth List of people who received an electoral vote in the United States Electoral College Historic values of the U.S. dollar References Jump up ^ `` # 156 Donald Trump ''. ^ Jump up to : `` The Net Worth of the U.S. Presidents : From Washington to Obama ''. The Atlantic. May 20, 2010. Retrieved August 18, 2012. Jump up ^ Glen Vecchione, The Little Giant Book of American Presidents, page 135 ( Sterling Publishing Company 2007 ). Jump up ^ Hillary Clinton net worth, moneynation.com ; accessed September 16, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Romney would rank among richest presidents ever ''. USA Today. January 28, 2012. Retrieved May 23, 2012. ^ Jump up to : `` The 50 Richest Members of Congress ( 2011 ) ''. Roll Call. Retrieved May 23, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Bill Clinton, Al Gore Get Rich After White House '', ABC News ( June 15, 2007 ). Jump up ^ `` Mitt Romney to Report Financial Assets of at Least $190 Million ''. Associated Press. May 11, 2007. Retrieved August 18, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Henry Ross Perot profile ''. Forbes.com. Retrieved August 16, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Ted Kennedy, RIP ''. Slate. August 26, 2009. Retrieved May 17, 2012. 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Warner ( D - VA ) ''. members-of-congress.insidegov.com. Retrieved 2016 - 05 - 26. Jump up ^ Smith, Richard Austin ( November 1, 1957 ). `` The Fifty - Million - Dollar Man, ( sidebar : `` America 's Biggest Fortunes '' ) ``. Fortune. Jump up ^ Peters, Jeremy W. ( April 5, 2010 ). `` Conservative Developer Joins Race for Governor ''. The New York Times. Jump up ^ Rick Scott 's net worth grows to $147 million, miamiherald.com ( July 2015 ). Jump up ^ Williams, Lance ( August 17, 2003 ). `` Schwarzenegger worth $100 million, experts say ''. San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on March 28, 2008. Retrieved April 18, 2008. 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Question: who is the richest governor in the united states
Answer: Bill Haslam