Can you name the Top 10 Richest US Presidents? by folio1701

Can you name the Top 10 Richest US Presidents?

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Source: Forbes Magazine
Forbes' listing was based on discussions with historians, contemporaneous press reports, and presidential biographies.
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Party	President	Source of Wealth
None		Inheritance, plantations
Democratic-Republican		Inheritance, plantations
Democratic		Land speculation, plantations
Whig		Inheritance, plantations
Republican		Inheritance
Republican		Mining, investments
Democratic		Inheritance
Democratic		Inheritance
Democratic		TV & radio stations, real estate
Republican		Inheritance, sale of baseball team

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Top 10 Richest US Presidents Quiz

by folio1701

Created May 27, 2010 in History
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	breas:	May 27th, 2010 at 14:32 GMT	4 points
	Good quiz but I would cut the time to one minute b/c if you know all the presidents you have time to name them all in 2 minutes.

	rkavin:	May 27th, 2010 at 14:45 GMT	7 points
	Good idea but I'd mix up the answers because having them in order makes it much easier just to kind of fill in the blank based on when they were in office.

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	folio1701:	May 27th, 2010 at 17:01 GMT	9 points
	As the source article says, they aren't ranked in order of wealth. Jackson's wealth came from land speculation. He was in a group of investors that founded Memphis, TN.

	westing1992:	May 29th, 2010 at 17:52 GMT	5 points
	Odd Reagan isn't on here...I guess movie stars didn't become overpaid until later.

	Raynard:	May 30th, 2010 at 01:27 GMT	2 points
	@westing1992, I know I thought the same thing. He was my first guess and when he didnt show up I thought I spelled him wrong.

	Austerlitz:	May 31st, 2010 at 03:22 GMT	7 points
	Is the color scheme patriotic to America or French propaganda? Just kidding. Good quiz.

	djangosmalls:	Jun 1st, 2010 at 00:54 GMT	2 points
	@luke78: spoils of war. The dude conquered New Orleans, Florida, the American populace. More than enough to give him a seed for buying up some Memphis.

	JimKatz:	Jun 1st, 2010 at 04:03 GMT	0 points
	Jackson. Populist. Filthy stinkin' rich.

	boyzfootball4:	Jun 1st, 2010 at 05:46 GMT	-3 points
	the quiz would be better if it was adjusted for inflation cause jefferson had a huge plantation and 300 some odd slaves which would be filthy rich today, but also that would be a big pain in the ass doing that lol

	boyzfootball4:	Jun 1st, 2010 at 18:22 GMT	1 point
	oh wait it is lol just kidding about that last comment

	wtncffts:	Aug 3rd, 2010 at 06:29 GMT	1 point
	There's actually a newer list: http://www.forbes.com/2010/07/14/george-washington-hoover-jfk-obama-personal-finance-10-richest-presidents.html?boxes=Homepagetopspecialreports It's almost the same, I don't want to give it away.

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	ObamaWhitesox:	Jan 12th, 2011 at 01:21 GMT	2 points
	FYI: it's in random order

	tootre:	Jan 13th, 2011 at 12:55 GMT	1 point
	I enjoyed yor quiz. Thanks for including the source of wealth. Interesting.

	flixuk:	Jan 14th, 2011 at 00:22 GMT	0 points
	Washington and Jefferson: the slave-owning founding fathers. And America takes their words as gospel.