Franklin Pierce, 1853-1857 – $2 Million
Franklin Pierce married a wealthy aristocrat and also came into some inheritance from his father, who was a frontier farmer. His net worth was $2 million. He continued his flourishing law practice for 16 years and earned quite a bit, which he invested in real estate in Concord, New Hampshire. He was of the opinion that the abolitionist movement to free the slaves would be the undoing of the country.
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