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US Presidents and Personal Finance

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

This, even though he inherited 3,000 acres and several dozen slaves from his father! million in 2010 – most of this comes from royalties on his two books (Dreams from My Father, and Audacity of Hope). He was so poor that his Monticello (an estate of 5,000 acres and an architectural wonder of its time) was auctioned off.