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Mitt Romney earned nearly $22 million in 2010. If elected, he would be in the Top 3 most wealthiest presidents. You may be surprised by who ranks among the Top 10 wealthiest US presidents.
Franklin D. Roosevelt and his wife, Eleanor Roosevelt, pose during their vacation in Warm Springs, Ga., in this Oct. 4, 1929, file photo. (AP/File )
9. Franklin D. Roosevelt ($60 million)
The only child of doting parents, Roosevelt was heir to family wealth. Educated at a New England prep school and Ivy League universities, FDR worked briefly in law and business before turning to politics. Roosevelt and his wife, Eleanor, owned homes in Maine and Georgia, but the famous Roosevelt estate in Hyde Park, N.Y., was owned by Roosevelt’s mother until 1941.
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