that link is interesting. Truman actually had to take out a loan to move out of the White House, and was on Medicare. It was not until years after he left as POTUS that he was granted a pension.
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jf1acai wrote: Who was the last 'poor' person, at the time when they were contending for the office, who was a serious contender for, or became the President of the United States?
Depends on how you define poor. If you are talking "middle class", Truman probably would be the guy.
Clinton was pretty close though. I think he only made 50K as governor of Arkansas and Hilary worked.
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