James Monroe. John Quincy Adams. Andrew Jackson... Martin Van Buren.. William Henry Harrison. John Tyler.. James K. Polk. Zachary Taylor. Millard Fillmore. William McKinley. Theodore Roosevelt. William Howard Taft. Woodrow Wilson.. Warren Gamaliel Harding. Calvin Coolidge... William and Mary. Harvard. None. None. Hampden-Sidney. William and Mary. University of N. C. None. None. Bowdoin. Dickinson. None. None. West Point. Union. None. Miami University. None. Harvard. Yale. Princeton. Ohio Central. Amherst. Many of the Presidents were poor in their youth and were compelled to work long hours to support themselves. Others were the sons of widowed mothers. A number were poor even up to the time they occupied the Presidential chair. Among the exceptions is Washington, who was the richest man in America at the time of his inauguration. Andrew Johnson was probably the poorest man to occupy the executive mansion. The following list shows the material circumstances of the Presidents: Presidents. Washington.. John Adams. Jefferson. Madison. Monroe. J. Q. Adams. Jackson.. Circumstances. Wealthy. Moderate. Moderate. Moderate. Moderate. Moderate. Poor. Secretary of State....... CHARLES E. HUGHES, of New York. Secretary of the Treasury. Secretary of War. Attorney-General.. Postmaster-General. ANDREW W. MELLON, of Pennsylvania. HARRY S. NEW, of Indiana. Secretary of the Navy.... CURTIS D. WILBUR,2 of California. Secretary of the Interior.. DR. HUBERT WORK, of Colorado. Secretary of Agriculture.. HENRY C. WALLACE, of Iowa. Secretary of Commerce... HERBERT C. HOOVER, of California. Secretary of Labor...... JAMES J. DAVIS, of Pennsylvania. The President receives a salary of $75,000 per annum; the VicePresident and members of the Cabinet each receive $12,000 per annum. MEMBERS OF THE SIXTY-EIGHTH CON GRESS, 1923-25. Beginning March 4, 1923. Ending March 3, 1925. The Constitution requires nine years' citizenship to qualify fo admission to the Senate, and seven years to the House of Representatives. The provisions for the election of United States senators are embodied in section three of article one of the Federal Constitution, as amended by article XVII. The members of each house receive a salary of $7,500 per annum, and mileage at the rate of twenty cents per mile. The Speaker of the House of Representatives receives a salary of $12,000 per annum 1 Succeeded Harry M. Daugherty, resigned March 28, 1924. 2 Succeeded Edwin Denby, resigned March 10, 1924. SENATE. ALBERT B. CUMMINS, PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, pro tempore. Alabama. Term exp. J. Thos. Heflin, D.. 1925 Oscar W. Underwood, D.. 1927 Indiana. Term exp. 1927 James E. Watson, R... 1 Successor to Samuel D. Nicholson, who died March 24, 1923. 2 Succeeded Knute Nelson, who died April 28, 1923. |