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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.
This file image shows Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson in Charlottesville, Va. Jefferson began building the estate when he was 26. (AP/Monticello Foundation/File)
2. Thomas Jefferson ($212 million)
While he ended his life in debt, Thomas Jefferson at his peak was one of the richest presidents ever. The inheritor of family wealth, Jefferson owned 5,000 acres of land and 200 slaves. His marriage to the wealthy young widow Martha Wayles Skelton more than doubled his holdings in land and slaves.
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