20. JFK's Presidential And Congressional Wages Were Paid To Charity
First elected to the House of Representatives in 1947, Kennedy worked in public office for the next 16 years - including two-and-a-half as President - but did not accept a penny in salary. His $100,000-a-year wage as President was donated to various charitable causes, as was his Congressional salary. A nice gesture certainly - but remember than this man's father was worth more than a billion dollars and, when elected to office, JFK was the richest President ever to take the oath...
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