Presidents Day trivia: Who were the 10 richest US presidents?

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.

5. Andrew Jackson ($119 million)

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Andrew Jackson, shown riding a white horse in the Battle of New Orleans, is portrayed in an 1858 engraving by Phillip Brown. The anniversary of the battle, Jan. 8, was at one time a national holiday with parades, feasts, dances, and speeches. Perhaps no other major American holiday has been so thoroughly forgotten, historians say.

Despite being known as the first man of the people to reach the White House, Jackson actually accumulated considerable wealth over his lifetime. The first president to hail from west of the Appalachians, Jackson earned his wealth through legal work, his marriage, military earnings, and possibly land speculation. Over his lifetime he owned as many as 300 slaves and 1,050 acres, key indicators of wealth at that time. In 1819, he cofounded the city of Memphis.

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