Should wealth even matter when we talk about Presidents? Is the only way to get into Congress or become President to first have lots of wealth? Edit: Yes, everyone. I adjusted for inflation! Edit again: Now that we know more about President Trump's taxes, perhaps that $2.1 billion estimate is way too high.
Well even if you were a good candidate in a election and didn't have millions of dollars that will be hard because you have to pay alot for advertisement
I think the wealth barrier to entering influential political positions like president is a form of classism that the government should be doing more to resolve... except they won't because it benefits them and their friends.
I find it fascinating that Teddy Roosevelt is one of the wealthiest presidents yet he is known for being a man of the people with breaking monopolies and fighting for the working class. I just find that fascinating.
@@468erpeashooter9 i mean, if he wrote that book, and its good, I won"t give a damn about his income,but he makes one of the least out of all the senaters or any politican in any party. Example, trump had a business, bloomberg had business.
Most presidents in modern American history made their breakthrough in politics by running as governor of their state. Alternatively, they start out in the senate. Serving in the military is another route.
Agreed. Also, I think it would be fascinating to look at the personal finances necessary to run for lower offices vs the ultimate office. I strongly suspect you actually need a lot more personal wealth to run for Congress vs Senate vs President.
Most of them probably atleast temporary lost a good chunk of there money. A good example would be Trump And Jimmy Carter (while remaining quite rich) lost a good chunk of there net-worth due to not being able to manage there businesses anymore.
Be wary of politicians making big money on speaches. No politician is that interesting to listen too. It's becomming a theme here in Europe, for politicians who abused their position in office and afterwards get thanks by being paid ridiculous sums to hold speaches no one wants to listen to.
Grant's memoirs are probably the best written by any president in history, the amount of money they made was more than enough to care for his family after he was gone. all written while he was dying of agonizing throat cancer. one of the greatest Americans to have ever lived...
It’s a shame how later the South started portraying him as a drunk who couldn’t even read. Man was really a good president, he just didn’t have many opportunities to prove it...
"The People can and will be furnished with a currency as their own government, and money will cease to be the master and become the servant of humanity, but Democracy will rise superior than money" -Abraham Lincoln, try Beat that quote people!
"guess he didn't care about making money" I respect that, tbh. I wish we could live in a world these days where someone can just, do what they wish in life and still be able to live without working themselves to death.
About 15 minutes from my house at this famous hotel called the mission inn, they have Taft’s personal chair and my god! Proportionately me in his chair was like an infant trying to sleep in a king size bed
You should do a “Best US Generals” video My personal list: 10) Sam Houston 9) George Meade 8) Douglas MacArthur 7) Von Steuben 6) George Patton 5) Benjamin O’Davis Sr. 4) George Washington 3) Winfield Scott 2) Dwight Eisenhower 1) Ulysses S Grant
Teachers still make a moddest living. Theres only been a few outright broke presidents, just alot of ones that weren’t loaded. The thing is theres often wealthy upperclassmen who run for or become president or presidents that somehow enter the upperclass after becoming president, which make the ones who didn’t exactly do terrible in life, look poor as hell.
Those are completely different. The president can single-handedly make himself the richest man on earth through corruption by making multiple executive orders or quiet corruption. Congress has to depend on 400+ strangers to help their business ventures and is usually already rich.
@@j_the_don5160 Congress is the most corrupt of the 3 branches. and makes most of their millions from lobbyists, and channeling re-election funds to family members. that's why Jimmy Carter recently stated that our congress has become an oligarchy.
@@larrymichaelgarrett5857 Correct! Greedy politicians in Congress should just be replaced or Congress should be abolished. They are actually not representing the American people but just using their position to amass millions of taxpayers' money.
@John Sylvyn yes he does give back however him giving back is an investment. So if he makes a video and gives away 100k he makes back 200k from the video making him a 100k profit
@@billcipher779 he developed severe Alzheimer’s after a fall off of his horse There’s a reason he wasn’t seen by the public for the last 10+ years of his life
Hi Mr. Beat! Thank you so much for doing what you do. I’m a HUGE American history nerd, and your videos have really helped keep me sane during quarantine. Plus, I just think it’s really important for people to learn history, and I love how you make learning fun.
@@AlexTheGamer97 Isn't it? Another thing I noticed when I saw a video about the best presidents: For all of them the popularity dropped down towards the end of their presidency, even for the greatest such as Roosevelt. You kind of do not celebrate the good people, only after they die. I think the US really needs to decouple wealth from becoming a president or governor.
Hey Mr Beat, I have a suggestion for a series, why not cover each President in depth as a series in the vein of the Presidential Elections in American history series. Also, I greatly look forward to this video!
Henry Lister I do say so, that’s awfully rude to say to a Prime Minister! I may have the IRA on my ass, but you sir now have the RAF headed to where you’re situation, I believe you’d say, “Honey, you got a big storm coming.”
Well, it helps to be a PROFESSIONAL LIAR if you are going into politics! Lawyers don't care about right or wrong - just about convincing you that whatever they are arguing is correct.
@@johnny-qx6it to be fair, its not necessarily that they don't care, but its their job to make a convincing argument for their side, like playing devil's advocate I suppose, but its your source of income
The first president to have earned a law degree was Rutherford B. Hays (19th POTUS, 1877 - 1881). All of the other lawyer-presidents before him earned the title 'lawyer' under the apprenticeship system. Even Abraham Lincoln.
A lot of people dislike wealthy politicians because they “don’t understand the plight of the working class” or some nonsense like that. You can be filthy rich and be a good person or you can be dirt poor and be a horrible person. We should judge people on the character, beliefs and when it comes to politicians, their policy proposals. The last thing we should take into consideration is how much someone has in their bank account or how much property they own..
Yup. For instance Trump still eats burgers, watches fights and does the things blue collar workers do, whereas guys like Obama & many Republicans too, act as if they're salt of the early but are extremely posh. Especially when they're paid & pampered during corporate retreats by both US & foreign special interests.
@@revolvingworld2676 Depends, in situations like a recession or general economic disruption, a president unaccustomed with the plight of the poor may not be the best choice.
Great video Mr. Beat. I would love to be able to elect a official who comes from a working class background because they can relate to our situation from a interpersonal perspective. Company commanders ( drill instructors ) from the USCG go through a more intensive bootcamp then recruits go through because they can understand the recruits responses and emotional situation when drilling them. Same way to officials, they can understand us when considering they have gone through the same present issues.
So if I wanna be rich I have to either marry rich women, inherit money from parents, invest in real estate, become a lawyer or buy a few hundred... um... assets
Yup. And you can pay today's "assets" only $7.25. That's legal but hey -- at least they're free. It's also $15k a year. Don't need to hire them yourself, but instead setup a Corp, outsource the hiring, and you're 3 degrees of separation and get "plausible deniability" in keeping others poor.
So the rules for making it in the USA are: 1/ inherit it; 2/ be a lawyer; 3/ marry a wealthy woman; 4/ invest in real estate and 5/ own other human beings (while writing that all men are created equal).
@@468erpeashooter9 People were born as slaves in the USA. The Colonies changed the standard British common law that says a child inherits from the father to Partus Sequitur Ventrem which meant a child took the status of its mother. They were born into slavery. The point was to allow a slave owner to avoid providing for his own children and allow him to sell them as property. There were around 700,000 slaves in the USA in 1790 and that increased to around 4million by 1860. Thomas Jefferson wrote about the evils of slavery but in his actions he supported it. Slavery was never about stability, it was always and only about money. The founding fathers provided for slavery, they approved Section 2 Article IV which prohibited states freeing run away slaves and they approved the three-fifths compromise. Most people didn't own slaves, but enough of the important people did and they made sure the rules were written for themselves.
@@tellthemborissentyou you don't get it there had to be people to agree on our Declaration of Independence and mock-up. Most people in 1791 when the Constitution was being written had slaves but decided that slavery was evil and they could not abolish it without and approval of a certain amount of people in the south
Now, the real question is if the presidents are wealthy so they become president or the personality of a wealthy man is what it takes to make it to president
Not according to history. There was a number of farmers and teachers that became President. Bill Clinton was not rich, but now he's filthy rich. Same with Obama.
I've been living on the road in a homemade camper van the last 3 months and I've become obsessed with this channel as it's given me so much context to some of the places I've visited
1.George Washington 2.John Adams 3.Thomas Jefferson 4.James Madison 5.James Monroe 6.John Quincy Adams 7.Andrew Jackson 8.Martin Van Buren 9.William Henry Harrison 10.John Tyler 11.James K. Polk 12.Zachary Taylor 13.Millard Fillmore 14.Franklin Pierce 15.James Buchanan 16.Abraham Lincoln 17.Andrew Johnson 18.Ulysses S. Grant 19.Rutherford B. Hayes 20.James A. Garfield 21.Chester A. Arthur 22.Grover Cleveland 23.Benjamin Harrison 24.Grover Cleveland 25.William McKinley 26.Theodore Roosevelt 27.William H. Taft 28.Woodrow Wilson 29.Warren G. Harding 30.Calvin Coolidge 31.Herbert Hoover 32.Franklin D. Roosevelt 33.Harry S. Truman 34.Dwight D. Eisenhower 35.John F. Kennedy 36.Lyndon B. Johnson 37.Richard M. Nixon 38.Gerald Ford 39.Jimmy Carter 40.Ronald Reagan 41.George H.W. Bush 42.Bill Clinton 43.George W. Bush 44.Barack Obama 45.Donald J. Trump 46.Joe Biden Here you go
It’s extremely hard to measure net worths of people from over a hundred years ago as there was a lot more secrecy and inflation calculations for every president would probably be confusing so I dont think it’s too bad
Love your videos Matt, but must elaborate on the Adam's. John Adams was not wealthy, he made this money through hard work and his father sold property to send him to Harvard, something his father never did. Also Abigail was extremely frugal during their marriage. John Q. Adams was like his father and when he and Louisa married, her father went bankrupt, fled to US. John came back from their honeymoon to Lousia's family estate and they were pounced upon by creditors. JQA had to use their money to bail out his father in law and Louisa"s dowry 'check' bounced. Louisa was horrified and she was mortified about this until the day she died. JQA leagally could have renounced the wedding but he stuck by his bride.
Here's a video idea - "Top 5 underrated presidents" Basically, a series where you take a look at seemingly forgotten and/or boring presidents that actually did some interesting things, or something similar. Anyways, love these videos!
Garfield is a classic example. He was beloved in his time but even then people knew that he was going to be forgotten since he died only a few months after taking office. Great president? No. He didn't have the chance to do much. Underrated? Absolutely.
Lyndon Johnson had a lot to do with his wife’s success in business. She owned a radio station that later became a TV station as well, and LBJ’s supporters were sure to buy advertising. Meanwhile LBJ made sure the station got everything it needed in government licenses. It wasn’t a blind trust. In fact, there was both a Congressional and newspaper investigation of LBJ’s finances that could have been quite a scandal. But when President Kennedy was assassinated the investigations were squelched “for the good of the country.”
@@oiroliv I think they based it off of the amount of land he had. If you read his biography by Ron Chernow it shows he spent cash like a drunk sailor and was always borrowing money from creditors.
The Grant memoirs became one of the top selling books of the nineteenth century (originally it was a two volume set). It is also regarded as a great American literary work. It was published after Grants death. His wife Julia earned around $450k in royalties from it (about $12M in today's money).
It's a really fascinating book. Especially the section on the siege and capture of Vicksburg which was extremely difficult just to get at and get by. Eventually he had to do a river crossing south of it in lands held by the Confederates, then wage one of the most brilliant campaigns in American history.
Why after they leave? Most presidents make money after they leave from books and speeches and investments. It’s really not all that nefarious. It’s not like they can do anything shady after they are president.
I really enjoyed your series on the American Elections, and I'd love to see more in-detail version about each president. What were planned? What had been accomplished? What are some notable events during the presidency? etc.
I find this especially interesting when looked at in contrast to our German chancellors since 1949. 4 out of 9 had a PhD, 8 out of 9 a postgrad degree and I'm not quite sure any of them were fabulously rich (although I assume most are/were somewhat wealthy).
I think it would have been more helpful if you had compared only wealth while in office, not just peak wealth over lifetime. It seems that quite a few only got rich _after_ office. However, I can imagine that taking an insane amount of research and may be impossible for some of the earlier presidents who were not documented as well. Still, thanks for the video.
Most of Polk's wealth came from two separate plantations and one large scale farm he inherited. Polk is a plantation owner, but not in the traditional since of the word. By the 1840s a new custom in the United States is forming "absentee plantation owning", where you buy a fully operational plantation but putting someone else in charge of managing. (An overseer.) Polk controls two full plantations, one in Mississippi the other in west Tennessee. (He also inherits his father's farm in Maury County. He is generating money off the enslaved labor, but it isn't large enough in acreage and total number of enslaved people to fit the classification of a plantation.) At one specific time Polk would have between 25-30 people enslaved in his own name, but in reality, between 60-80 individual people would be enslaved by Polk throughout his entire life. Polk realized the issue of slavery could hurt him politically, so for a large number of his slaver purchases he'd go through middlemen to buy and sell slaves. (Even while as president.) Polk would send family members such as brother in-laws and cousins' money to purchase an enslaved person but direct them to put it under their names. Then conveniently have them send the enslaved person to one of his plantations. By the time of Polk's death in 1849 his estate was worth between $300,000-$350,000, most from the plantations. His wife would receive the bulk of his estate, around $250,000, including one plantation. While the rest went to family/debt, his younger brother William getting the farm and the family home in Columbia. His residence in Nashville was not a plantation but did have a large domestic slave household.
I wanna be an MP in UK one day. I'm not in poverty but I'm certainly not rich. I think people who are in public office should be there because of their policies and opinions, not their wealth. Most of our recent prime minister seem to have had a wealthy upbringing, e.g David Cameron and Boris Johnson both went to Eton college (which is an incredibly posh and expensive school) The leader of the Labour Party (which is the party I affiliate with) was a lawyer I believe before his political career. However I know a former MP who was a coal miner. I love your videos, I'd love to see you do a video about British politics one day.
Would that former MP be Dennis Skinner? Honestly I wouldn’t worry too much about your wealth, Brown, Blair and Thatcher weren’t particularly rich prior to their public office service and there are countless MPs who came from poverty The most important thing is working hard within your Party and eventually building up a profile to the point where you can run for a seat
Hey Mr. Beat, as a fellow teacher I am very grateful for your channel. I love the content! I've been watching some old presidential debates the past few days and was wondering if you could do a series based on presidential debates from 1960 onwards? I'd love to hear your analysis.
In Texas, they has been a major debate about looking to increase the pay of Texas Legislators because it times, they had issues getting enough people to run for State Legislature.
In Kansas, they get paid crap as well, and only work a few months out of the year. Therefore, the legislature is made up of a bunch of business owners/lawyers who can afford some time away from their firms.
Very insightful and interesting, like most Mr. Beat videos, but I had to pause the video to ensure there wasn't a car alarm going off outside my house, because of that shrill sound that periodically happens in the background music.
I have a trivia question I like to ask people. I say, "Everybody knows that the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral occurred near the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona on October 26, 1881. That's common knowledge. But who was the U.S. president at the time?" You guessed it: it was Chester Arthur. He'd only been President for just over a month after President Garfield died.
Luis Carrion John Quincy Adams is “obscure” in the sense that most people have no idea of even a single thing he did as President, but his name IS recognizable. He is probably between 20-25 among the Presidents, as far as name recognition goes. But most Americans just know him as “the son of John Adams who also served as President that one time” and don’t know much else about him. Even I am a History nerd and I cannot name a single thing he did as President. I just know that he came up with the Monroe Doctrine as Secretary of State.
Presidents should make WAY more than $400,000 per year. For the hardest and most prestigious job in the country, and one that is supposed to be equivalent to a king or queen, they should have an income in the millions.
Great video. I even have another Video idea. Myths in the United States (like The Lost Cause Myth for example). I would like to find out what other myths there are.
I’m not American but love learning about the presidents and US history I do have soft spot for Reagan, Lincoln, Truman, Garfield etc who came from ordinary beginnings. FDR is tremendous but did come from a wealthy background as did Teddy Roosevelt. Without their wealth would they have been able to be educated and mange their health issues, severe in FDRs case to have a career in politics and lead the country. Also it seems the presidents wife plays a big role too. Thank you for your videos Keep them coming !! Best regards to you in Kansas !!
Should wealth even matter when we talk about Presidents?
Is the only way to get into Congress or become President to first have lots of wealth?
Edit: Yes, everyone. I adjusted for inflation!
Edit again: Now that we know more about President Trump's taxes, perhaps that $2.1 billion estimate is way too high.
Nope. It shouldn't.
In the Netherlands, you could theoretically become President if you are poor. It's still unlikely, but there is at least a chance
Well even if you were a good candidate in a election and didn't have millions of dollars that will be hard because you have to pay alot for advertisement
Easy answer: N O (although you need money for the advertisement)
Yeah the UK is fucked, since over half of our MP are also landlords
I think the wealth barrier to entering influential political positions like president is a form of classism that the government should be doing more to resolve... except they won't because it benefits them and their friends.
I find it fascinating that Teddy Roosevelt is one of the wealthiest presidents yet he is known for being a man of the people with breaking monopolies and fighting for the working class. I just find that fascinating.
just because you are rich doesnt mean you cant defend the working class
Levent A. True. I just didn’t expect it. Especially at the time of TR.
@@leleloy360 Wow you just described Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
@@arpitdas4263 shut up commie
@Arpit Das shut up commie
Things to do when you are president: 1. Invest in real estate. 2. Write a book.
3. marry a rich lady.
Get people to pay to hear your speak
@@jbrooke156 that won"t work. only speaking at your supporter rally or white house event. Those won"T make a lot of money
@@jbrooke156 thats how you get bribes for favoring companies during your tenure. Oldest trick in the book.
@@468erpeashooter9 i mean, if he wrote that book, and its good, I won"t give a damn about his income,but he makes one of the least out of all the senaters or any politican in any party. Example, trump had a business, bloomberg had business.
How to become president:
1. Become a lawyer or teacher
2. Invest in real estate
3. ???
4. Win the elections
3.Serve in the military as an officer with many medals
you missed serving in the military
you missed, marry the daughter of a rich man
Most presidents in modern American history made their breakthrough in politics by running as governor of their state. Alternatively, they start out in the senate. Serving in the military is another route.
5. Book deals after
The REAL question is: How rich were they when assumed office, vs how rich were they when they left?
Exactly. The before and after are the important numbers.
@@savannahdockins7022 I think I agree with you. It's all about BEFORE, NOW , AFTER.
Obama's net worth when he left office was 8 times as much as when he took office. Now, he has a lot more money than when he left office.
Agreed. Also, I think it would be fascinating to look at the personal finances necessary to run for lower offices vs the ultimate office. I strongly suspect you actually need a lot more personal wealth to run for Congress vs Senate vs President.
Most of them probably atleast temporary lost a good chunk of there money. A good example would be Trump And Jimmy Carter (while remaining quite rich) lost a good chunk of there net-worth due to not being able to manage there businesses anymore.
The problem isn’t the wealthy people getting into politics, it’s the people who use politics to get wealthy.
You can’t buy the branding and connections that come with the Office of the Presidency. Becoming wealthy after the fact is foregone conclusion.
I think both of those are important issues
Are you referring to the wealth gained after presidency? Or corruption
Be wary of politicians making big money on speaches. No politician is that interesting to listen too. It's becomming a theme here in Europe, for politicians who abused their position in office and afterwards get thanks by being paid ridiculous sums to hold speaches no one wants to listen to.
40 m 😉
At least Lincoln didn't have to worry about wealth after his presidency
Yep- hey WAIT A SECOND
Wtf man.
Just like Kennedy
What a lucky bastards
Too soon...
LMAO
imagine your teacher becoming the president
In Argentina our current president is a lawyer and keeps teaching law at university. This year he's been teaching by zoom.
@@AgusSkywalker hope the wifi is good there or else that will be pointless
@@AgusSkywalker 69
Justin Trudeau, prime minister, was a drama teacher. Lol.
I sure as hell hope no school teacher k had ever becomes a President
Grant's memoirs are probably the best written by any president in history, the amount of money they made was more than enough to care for his family after he was gone. all written while he was dying of agonizing throat cancer. one of the greatest Americans to have ever lived...
It’s a shame how later the South started portraying him as a drunk who couldn’t even read. Man was really a good president, he just didn’t have many opportunities to prove it...
D____d Yankee.
Moral of the video: Marry a wealthy woman.
Also get into the military
with a rich dad
@@danielsitorus7194 depending on the year, otherwise avoid the military.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lmao pretty much. Gotta be a gold digger and marry someone with connection and $
“My mind on my money and my money on my mind.”
-George Washington
True alternative facts.
Not the first time I heard that and it won’t be the last, lol! 😂
"The People can and will be furnished with a currency as their own government, and money will cease to be the master and become the servant of humanity, but Democracy will rise superior than money"
-Abraham Lincoln, try Beat that quote people!
his face is on money too
...When you're a hell of a distraction when you shake your behind.
I’m currently taking a class called “The Making of a President” and the whole time I’ve been thinking “yep know that because of a Mr. Beat video”
Dang how do I sign up to take that class or maybe teach it? :)
@@iammrbeat Mr. Beat 2020.
"guess he didn't care about making money"
I respect that, tbh. I wish we could live in a world these days where someone can just, do what they wish in life and still be able to live without working themselves to death.
Incredible take for a 5 year old
@@chazzbranigaan9354 What does this mean
@MossMothMyBeloved it's s juvenile take, it's like someone saying "I just wanna be happy", oh, you just wanna be happy, that's all huh?
@@chazzbranigaan9354Yea, suppose people stop wanting to be happy after they reach 18.
Taft: is a decently remarkable president
Everyone: iS hE tHe FaT oNe?!?
Shout out to Taft, I remembered that he was a fat guy from my American History exams.
About 15 minutes from my house at this famous hotel called the mission inn, they have Taft’s personal chair and my god! Proportionately me in his chair was like an infant trying to sleep in a king size bed
@@TheKing60210 LPGA
no he's the one who joined Weezer
As a history buff this is relatable and hurts hard
You should do a “Best US Generals” video
My personal list:
10) Sam Houston
9) George Meade
8) Douglas MacArthur
7) Von Steuben
6) George Patton
5) Benjamin O’Davis Sr.
4) George Washington
3) Winfield Scott
2) Dwight Eisenhower
1) Ulysses S Grant
I can't believe no one has suggested that before.
Mr. Beat and then do a “worst generals” video after
Yes, that's a great idea!
Best and Worst US Generals videos would be great.
He should also a Top 10 First Ladies list too
Imagine having Andrew Jackson as a teacher. Would be something like out of Whiplash.
imagine having Mussolini beening your teacher.
@@nigelbaddock hey
😆
He would duel everyone in the classroom
Shame that all the poorest ones were teachers. Seems like it’s a problem for centuries, not just now
Teachers still make a moddest living. Theres only been a few outright broke presidents, just alot of ones that weren’t loaded. The thing is theres often wealthy upperclassmen who run for or become president or presidents that somehow enter the upperclass after becoming president, which make the ones who didn’t exactly do terrible in life, look poor as hell.
Didn’t make a tie in that Jefferson was our third President and the third wealthiest.
So the president can’t make money from other ventures while in office, but congress can???
Those are completely different. The president can single-handedly make himself the richest man on earth through corruption by making multiple executive orders or quiet corruption. Congress has to depend on 400+ strangers to help their business ventures and is usually already rich.
NANCY PELOSI
@@j_the_don5160 Congress is the most corrupt of the 3 branches. and makes most of their millions from lobbyists, and channeling re-election funds to family members. that's why Jimmy Carter recently stated that our congress has become an oligarchy.
@@larrymichaelgarrett5857 Correct! Greedy politicians in Congress should just be replaced or Congress should be abolished. They are actually not representing the American people but just using their position to amass millions of taxpayers' money.
Democrats make money from china
I swear to god, this guy could talk about every shoe the presidents wore in office and I would be entertained
Next up, “Every President’s Favorite Tiled Floor Color.”
fun fact an ancestor of mine made shoes for abraham lincoln! apparently he didn't wear socks
@@katie7390what 😟
Imagine your teacher, principal, or your minister becoming the president of the United States
Mr. Beat: shows off the wealth of others
Mr. Beast: shows off his own wealth
nice
@John Sylvyn chill out my guy, i watch mr beast, i know he gives to others, he shows off his wealth yet in a positive way. it was a JOKE!
Mr. Bet: i dunno, gambles his wealth?
@John Sylvyn yes he does give back however him giving back is an investment. So if he makes a video and gives away 100k he makes back 200k from the video making him a 100k profit
@@youngfinance6319 yes true people don’t realise that if mr beast stopped profiting then he would step giving money
Ronald Reagen looks like the Tom Cruise of his time, literally he was groomed for success even in the film industry
@John lemay Lemay Mhm. You act like Reagan lost his mind. He didn’t.
@@billcipher779 he developed severe Alzheimer’s after a fall off of his horse
There’s a reason he wasn’t seen by the public for the last 10+ years of his life
@@UnlicensedOkie during his presidency?
@@billcipher779 6 months after he left office
@@billcipher779 he was diagnosed in 1994
And died in 2004
Hi Mr. Beat! Thank you so much for doing what you do. I’m a HUGE American history nerd, and your videos have really helped keep me sane during quarantine. Plus, I just think it’s really important for people to learn history, and I love how you make learning fun.
Well thank you Sarah! That means a lot. :)
15:21
FDR: Ok, who put stairs here!?!?
🤣🤦♂️
Now I understand why Biden is the next FDR. But he still fell the stairs 3 times even though he isn’t even in wheelchair. 🤭
@@Joe-sd2kx I honestly prefer to have a guy who can't climb stairs as a president more than Trump
@@leoortiiiz Yikes.
@@egg6649 Trump has an irrational fear of stairs, dumbass.
I just finished a H. Truman biography. After his presidency, he cleared the table and took an ordinary train home.
Did anyone recognize him?
@Egg T huh?
That’s kinda depressing
@@AlexTheGamer97 Isn't it?
Another thing I noticed when I saw a video about the best presidents: For all of them the popularity dropped down towards the end of their presidency, even for the greatest such as Roosevelt. You kind of do not celebrate the good people, only after they die.
I think the US really needs to decouple wealth from becoming a president or governor.
Whataguy!! 😁
Apparently, the buck did NOT stop there after all... 😐
Hey Mr Beat, I have a suggestion for a series, why not cover each President in depth as a series in the vein of the Presidential Elections in American history series. Also, I greatly look forward to this video!
Well, I've already done videos in that style about Franklin Pierce and James Polk. I might as well keep it going!
Mr. Beat those are great videos and id love to see more!
Foot Man II go away Margaret
Henry Lister I do say so, that’s awfully rude to say to a Prime Minister! I may have the IRA on my ass, but you sir now have the RAF headed to where you’re situation, I believe you’d say, “Honey, you got a big storm coming.”
@@historicalrecollector5072 apologies Maggie I forgot about your ill judgement 🙏
The only thing I learned is that having a background in law is very recurring with many of the presidents.
Well, it helps to be a PROFESSIONAL LIAR if you are going into politics! Lawyers don't care about right or wrong - just about convincing you that whatever they are arguing is correct.
@@johnny-qx6it to be fair, its not necessarily that they don't care, but its their job to make a convincing argument for their side, like playing devil's advocate I suppose, but its your source of income
I see what you mean, electing a lawyer is a double edge sword
The first president to have earned a law degree was Rutherford B. Hays (19th POTUS, 1877 - 1881). All of the other lawyer-presidents before him earned the title 'lawyer' under the apprenticeship system. Even Abraham Lincoln.
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A lot of people dislike wealthy politicians because they “don’t understand the plight of the working class” or some nonsense like that.
You can be filthy rich and be a good person or you can be dirt poor and be a horrible person. We should judge people on the character, beliefs and when it comes to politicians, their policy proposals. The last thing we should take into consideration is how much someone has in their bank account or how much property they own..
Nah that's very important
@@speedwagon1824 No, it’s not.
Yup. For instance Trump still eats burgers, watches fights and does the things blue collar workers do, whereas guys like Obama & many Republicans too, act as if they're salt of the early but are extremely posh. Especially when they're paid & pampered during corporate retreats by both US & foreign special interests.
@@speedwagon1824
It isn’t actually
@@revolvingworld2676 Depends, in situations like a recession or general economic disruption, a president unaccustomed with the plight of the poor may not be the best choice.
4:37 His dad beat him up with his belt?
4:40 Oh, never mind
ha!
Mr. Beat get it "BEAT him up..."
My dad beat me with a belt too and I didn’t get to be president.
@@bobbykirl7894 you'd be a dictator. A lot of dictators had fucked up childhoods. Don't give up on your dreams. :)
That was the first thing I thought of when I saw the picture of the best pop up.
Books: *exist*
US-Presidents: "I can milk you..."
So the recipe for success is:
1. Become a lawyer
2. Invest in real estate
3. ?????
4. PROFIT
It's so easy.
Marry a rich woman
5. Write a book
Give public speeches
Technically, the recipe is be born into immense wealth and own slaves.
Great video Mr. Beat. I would love to be able to elect a official who comes from a working class background because they can relate to our situation from a interpersonal perspective. Company commanders ( drill instructors ) from the USCG go through a more intensive bootcamp then recruits go through because they can understand the recruits responses and emotional situation when drilling them. Same way to officials, they can understand us when considering they have gone through the same present issues.
Step 1.
Become lawyer
Step 2.
Invest in real estate
Step 3.
Become President
Step 4.
Write books
Step 5.
You're set
Or teacher
You forgot to marry a woman who is rich!
You got a new subscriber, your intellectual curiosity & great value of information you give is appreciated
I appreciate that!
So if I wanna be rich I have to either marry rich women, inherit money from parents, invest in real estate, become a lawyer or buy a few hundred... um... assets
Yup. And you can pay today's "assets" only $7.25. That's legal but hey -- at least they're free. It's also $15k a year. Don't need to hire them yourself, but instead setup a Corp, outsource the hiring, and you're 3 degrees of separation and get "plausible deniability" in keeping others poor.
Books my guy
Investing is the way
It’s weird how the civil war related presidents are all in a row, and also the fact that it was from last to first.
So the rules for making it in the USA are:
1/ inherit it;
2/ be a lawyer;
3/ marry a wealthy woman;
4/ invest in real estate and
5/ own other human beings (while writing that all men are created equal).
Now you get it!
@@468erpeashooter9 People were born as slaves in the USA. The Colonies changed the standard British common law that says a child inherits from the father to Partus Sequitur Ventrem which meant a child took the status of its mother. They were born into slavery. The point was to allow a slave owner to avoid providing for his own children and allow him to sell them as property. There were around 700,000 slaves in the USA in 1790 and that increased to around 4million by 1860. Thomas Jefferson wrote about the evils of slavery but in his actions he supported it. Slavery was never about stability, it was always and only about money. The founding fathers provided for slavery, they approved Section 2 Article IV which prohibited states freeing run away slaves and they approved the three-fifths compromise. Most people didn't own slaves, but enough of the important people did and they made sure the rules were written for themselves.
Plus the south especially wouldn’t have liked it if slavery was abolished
@@tellthemborissentyou you don't get it there had to be people to agree on our Declaration of Independence and mock-up. Most people in 1791 when the Constitution was being written had slaves but decided that slavery was evil and they could not abolish it without and approval of a certain amount of people in the south
#5 is right on the nose.
Conclusion: You need to be rich to have a chance of becoming President
Indeed. :(
Now, the real question is if the presidents are wealthy so they become president or the personality of a wealthy man is what it takes to make it to president
Obama wasn’t particularly wealthy prior to public office
@@Pablo-ws1mz Lower-Upper class is still really wealthy though....
Not according to history. There was a number of farmers and teachers that became President. Bill Clinton was not rich, but now he's filthy rich. Same with Obama.
I've been living on the road in a homemade camper van the last 3 months and I've become obsessed with this channel as it's given me so much context to some of the places I've visited
you gotta admit
John Tyler had a good barber
Betr than MVB?
So essentially, it's all books, real estate, being a lawyer, and smart wives? Good to know...
Oh yeah, also inheritance and slaves. Thank you replies.
Don't forget slaves and oil
@@ThatBasedGuy Except slaves are now illegal, I'm not taking that path
Mostly inheriting wealth or marrying into wealth :/
TwinTime Productions Just don’t get caught
Or being a high ranking officer in the military
Since he... you know... never married anyone.
This cracked me up.
Talk about subtlety.
I’d like to see a clip on the richest members of Congress.
I went to university at Buffalo. Never realized the founder was Millard Fillmore. There was a Fillmore center there too. Went right over my head
This video has taught me that I have never heard of over half of the US presidents and I’m American
1.George Washington
2.John Adams
3.Thomas Jefferson
4.James Madison
5.James Monroe
6.John Quincy Adams
7.Andrew Jackson
8.Martin Van Buren
9.William Henry Harrison
10.John Tyler
11.James K. Polk
12.Zachary Taylor
13.Millard Fillmore
14.Franklin Pierce
15.James Buchanan
16.Abraham Lincoln
17.Andrew Johnson
18.Ulysses S. Grant
19.Rutherford B. Hayes
20.James A. Garfield
21.Chester A. Arthur
22.Grover Cleveland
23.Benjamin Harrison
24.Grover Cleveland
25.William McKinley
26.Theodore Roosevelt
27.William H. Taft
28.Woodrow Wilson
29.Warren G. Harding
30.Calvin Coolidge
31.Herbert Hoover
32.Franklin D. Roosevelt
33.Harry S. Truman
34.Dwight D. Eisenhower
35.John F. Kennedy
36.Lyndon B. Johnson
37.Richard M. Nixon
38.Gerald Ford
39.Jimmy Carter
40.Ronald Reagan
41.George H.W. Bush
42.Bill Clinton
43.George W. Bush
44.Barack Obama
45.Donald J. Trump
46.Joe Biden
Here you go
7:37 No one has ever seen Alec Baldwin and Millard Fillmore in the same room
4:55 no one has ever seen Tucker Carlson and Andrew Johnson in the same room
Hahaha this one got me.
I concur
"Less than 1 million" is a pretty bad group. That is a BIG range.
That tells you about the others
It’s extremely hard to measure net worths of people from over a hundred years ago as there was a lot more secrecy and inflation calculations for every president would probably be confusing so I dont think it’s too bad
Love your videos Matt, but must elaborate on the Adam's. John Adams was not wealthy, he made this money through hard work and his father sold property to send him to Harvard, something his father never did. Also Abigail was extremely frugal during their marriage. John Q. Adams was like his father and when he and Louisa married, her father went bankrupt, fled to US. John came back from their honeymoon to Lousia's family estate and they were pounced upon by creditors. JQA had to use their money to bail out his father in law and Louisa"s dowry 'check' bounced. Louisa was horrified and she was mortified about this until the day she died. JQA leagally could have renounced the wedding but he stuck by his bride.
Here's a video idea - "Top 5 underrated presidents"
Basically, a series where you take a look at seemingly forgotten and/or boring presidents that actually did some interesting things, or something similar.
Anyways, love these videos!
I vote for J. Polk.
Garfield is a classic example. He was beloved in his time but even then people knew that he was going to be forgotten since he died only a few months after taking office. Great president? No. He didn't have the chance to do much. Underrated? Absolutely.
Polk and Coolidge would definitely be on that list.
Polk Coolidge Grant Monroe Ford Harding and depending on the person LBJ and Cleveland could be there as well
Thanks for taking the time to put this together, very informative and interesting.
Mr. Beat, this is kind of late, but it just popped into my head. A Top 10 Supreme Court Justices video would be awesome!
Lyndon Johnson had a lot to do with his wife’s success in business. She owned a radio station that later became a TV station as well, and LBJ’s supporters were sure to buy advertising. Meanwhile LBJ made sure the station got everything it needed in government licenses.
It wasn’t a blind trust. In fact, there was both a Congressional and newspaper investigation of LBJ’s finances that could have been quite a scandal. But when President Kennedy was assassinated the investigations were squelched “for the good of the country.”
According to Forbes, Biden has a net worth of $9,000,000, putting him at either 24 or 25 on this list when he’s elected.
WASHINGTON WAS THE BEZOS OF HIS DAY LOL
That explains why he didn't accept military funds and the original government was made for aristocrats
Washington was in debt nearly his whole life. He never turned a profit from his farms. I wonder how the writer of the article determined wealth.
@@79jwhiteall the wealth he held no?
@@oiroliv I think they based it off of the amount of land he had. If you read his biography by Ron Chernow it shows he spent cash like a drunk sailor and was always borrowing money from creditors.
@@79jwhite exactly back then land=wealth
The Grant memoirs became one of the top selling books of the nineteenth century (originally it was a two volume set). It is also regarded as a great American literary work. It was published after Grants death. His wife Julia earned around $450k in royalties from it (about $12M in today's money).
It's a really fascinating book. Especially the section on the siege and capture of Vicksburg which was extremely difficult just to get at and get by. Eventually he had to do a river crossing south of it in lands held by the Confederates, then wage one of the most brilliant campaigns in American history.
I don't worry about billionaires becoming politicians, I worry politicians becoming millionaires.
You should, because billionaires don't have people's best interests in mind ever.
I am more concerned about how much they make while they are in office, and after they leave
@Hunter m they are all crooks...they "investigate" each other. The all get money from PAC's and other bullshit...influence peddling
Why after they leave? Most presidents make money after they leave from books and speeches and investments. It’s really not all that nefarious. It’s not like they can do anything shady after they are president.
@@boomds5602 you might have a peek at the Clinton Foundation for starters
@@boomds5602 CLINTON FOUNDATION
@@boomds5602 BIDEN CRIME FAMILY
Dwight D. Eisenhower is my favorite US president
He's now my #2!
Andrew Jackson is my favorite president
dollahdivit did you forget about trail of tears?
Yeah
Didn't Dwight start our involvement with the Vietnam War?
I challenge Arthur. Maybe officially he wasn't wealthy but with his government roles, he got paid off quite a bit and lived quite a nice lifestyle.
Wonder who would have been worth more, JFK or RFK who should have been the 37th President of the United States
Fun fact: According to Ron Chernow's biography of Washington, he was cash poor most of his adult life, even leading up to his presidency.
I remember reading that, too, but he had so many assets, which is what is ultimately counted for this.
@@iammrbeat Washington also made a lot of land wealth from his surveying career. It's said he was the richest man in Virginia.
Martin van buren also had his modeling career
OMG HOW COULD I FORGET
@@iammrbeat YEA
I want to learn more.
Stun Zeed sexiest president ever
He always looked like Scrooge to me. The George C. Scott version. Van Buren was also the only U.S. President to speak Dutch as a native language.
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I really enjoyed your series on the American Elections, and I'd love to see more in-detail version about each president. What were planned? What had been accomplished? What are some notable events during the presidency? etc.
Have you seen my James Polk and Franklin Pierce videos?
This is Such a History of America!!!, And Remember Its 10:36 pm On the Night.
Exactly?
It sure is such a history of America at 10:36 pm ON the night
I’m from Philippines..
@@knifeknife69 Me gusta Philippines!
My favorite president of the war james madison and george washington Abraham lincoln
Big question: are these figures adjusted for inflation?
Yes
@@iammrbeat if u have a colred picture u will be rich president
Thank you for asking this. I was wondering this the whole video
kinda obvious with George Washington being #2
Clearly. The earlier presidents would be worth $2 in unadjusted dollars
I find this especially interesting when looked at in contrast to our German chancellors since 1949. 4 out of 9 had a PhD, 8 out of 9 a postgrad degree and I'm not quite sure any of them were fabulously rich (although I assume most are/were somewhat wealthy).
What’s interesting about that is
how not surprising that is
Do you consider millionaires not fabulously rich?
Well they realized power is more valuable. Angela Merkel is a despot and enjoyed real power but she never looked rich.
I forgot I was this rich oh wait I'm living in a mansion
Sup George
@@26thpresidenttheodoreroose37 sup
@@MrGoodSt WW0
@@26thpresidenttheodoreroose37 so hows you and monica
Bro you're probably in the ground not a mansion
Thanks for giving a presentation that seemed to be without bias!
6:09 “Because he... you know.... never married anyone.” 😂👌🏾
this feels like an after credit scene of a 80s movies saying where everyone ended up after the show
I think it would have been more helpful if you had compared only wealth while in office, not just peak wealth over lifetime. It seems that quite a few only got rich _after_ office. However, I can imagine that taking an insane amount of research and may be impossible for some of the earlier presidents who were not documented as well. Still, thanks for the video.
Before & After Presidency:
Trump : 3 billion -> 2.3 billion
Obama: 1.3 mill -> 70 mill (~240 mill)
Bush: 20 mill -> 40 mill
Clinton: 1.3 mill -> 241.5 mill
It’s unfair, Kennedy never got to take advantage of the presidential pension.
Neither did Harrison, Lincoln, Garfield and McKinley.
Nor did Taylor, Harding, or Roosevelt
Most of Polk's wealth came from two separate plantations and one large scale farm he inherited. Polk is a plantation owner, but not in the traditional since of the word. By the 1840s a new custom in the United States is forming "absentee plantation owning", where you buy a fully operational plantation but putting someone else in charge of managing. (An overseer.) Polk controls two full plantations, one in Mississippi the other in west Tennessee. (He also inherits his father's farm in Maury County. He is generating money off the enslaved labor, but it isn't large enough in acreage and total number of enslaved people to fit the classification of a plantation.) At one specific time Polk would have between 25-30 people enslaved in his own name, but in reality, between 60-80 individual people would be enslaved by Polk throughout his entire life. Polk realized the issue of slavery could hurt him politically, so for a large number of his slaver purchases he'd go through middlemen to buy and sell slaves. (Even while as president.) Polk would send family members such as brother in-laws and cousins' money to purchase an enslaved person but direct them to put it under their names. Then conveniently have them send the enslaved person to one of his plantations. By the time of Polk's death in 1849 his estate was worth between $300,000-$350,000, most from the plantations. His wife would receive the bulk of his estate, around $250,000, including one plantation. While the rest went to family/debt, his younger brother William getting the farm and the family home in Columbia. His residence in Nashville was not a plantation but did have a large domestic slave household.
Based.
Who owned Rattle n Snap n Maury Co?
I couldnt stop laughing when you said George Bush made all his money from paintings ! Hahaha
Out of touch
@@donschutte1418 What do you mean out of touch
You're out of touch, I'm out of time.
I wanna be an MP in UK one day. I'm not in poverty but I'm certainly not rich. I think people who are in public office should be there because of their policies and opinions, not their wealth. Most of our recent prime minister seem to have had a wealthy upbringing, e.g David Cameron and Boris Johnson both went to Eton college (which is an incredibly posh and expensive school) The leader of the Labour Party (which is the party I affiliate with) was a lawyer I believe before his political career. However I know a former MP who was a coal miner. I love your videos, I'd love to see you do a video about British politics one day.
Would that former MP be Dennis Skinner?
Honestly I wouldn’t worry too much about your wealth, Brown, Blair and Thatcher weren’t particularly rich prior to their public office service and there are countless MPs who came from poverty
The most important thing is working hard within your Party and eventually building up a profile to the point where you can run for a seat
@@Pablo-ws1mz yes. It certainly is Dennis skinner. Indeed. I think wealth doesn't matter here in UK as much as it does in USA.
I would love to cover British politics some time. And good luck with your MP run. I wish you the best!
Mr. Beat it would be cool
@William White I'm sorry, but hasn't every MP ever wanted to be an MP? I agree partially with what you say.
Hey Mr. Beat, as a fellow teacher I am very grateful for your channel. I love the content!
I've been watching some old presidential debates the past few days and was wondering if you could do a series based on presidential debates from 1960 onwards? I'd love to hear your analysis.
I always learn something interesting from your videos! Thank you Mr Beat :)
Thanks for watching!
ACTUALLY, his tax returns show he did NOT donate his salary in 2020 .
yes he did idiot
19:10 Damn, George has been hitting the calf-raises
In Texas, they has been a major debate about looking to increase the pay of Texas Legislators because it times, they had issues getting enough people to run for State Legislature.
In Kansas, they get paid crap as well, and only work a few months out of the year. Therefore, the legislature is made up of a bunch of business owners/lawyers who can afford some time away from their firms.
That was a ton of work but greatly appreciated. Well done
Very insightful and interesting, like most Mr. Beat videos, but I had to pause the video to ensure there wasn't a car alarm going off outside my house, because of that shrill sound that periodically happens in the background music.
Moral of the story: some of the most important jobs (teachers, professor s, phds) don't pay
Like owning a hat store?
Who would even want to work with kids and grown kids?
They do and give a great pension . Some jobs dont
@@ronrichardson3103 In Canada you have it made if you're a teacher.
Chester Arthur has to be the most forgotten president ever
Up there with Garfield and Fillmore.
Who?
I have a trivia question I like to ask people. I say, "Everybody knows that the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral occurred near the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona on October 26, 1881. That's common knowledge. But who was the U.S. president at the time?" You guessed it: it was Chester Arthur. He'd only been President for just over a month after President Garfield died.
Van Buren and Quincy Adams are obscure as well.
Luis Carrion John Quincy Adams is “obscure” in the sense that most people have no idea of even a single thing he did as President, but his name IS recognizable. He is probably between 20-25 among the Presidents, as far as name recognition goes. But most Americans just know him as “the son of John Adams who also served as President that one time” and don’t know much else about him.
Even I am a History nerd and I cannot name a single thing he did as President. I just know that he came up with the Monroe Doctrine as Secretary of State.
Therapist : Kung Fu president isn't real, he can't hurt you.
Kung Fu President : 10:13
President Taft wasn't just "on the Supreme Court," he was Chief Justice of the United Stares.
And a very good one! He swore in two presidents on their inaugerations days--Coolidge and Hoover.
I truly appreciate this information and your commentary. AWESOME
Don’t walk run productions has a detailed analysis that tears down the entire “emoluments clause” accusations, definitely worth a watch
Ohio’s Presidents seem to be mostly at the bottom of this list. Being an Ohioan, I’m thinking I need to earn my wealth another way. 😅
Ohio gozaimas
Gotta start a UA-cam channel about something you love or own your own website and get paid for clicks, sales, and affiliates
Presidents should make WAY more than $400,000 per year. For the hardest and most prestigious job in the country, and one that is supposed to be equivalent to a king or queen, they should have an income in the millions.
Great video. I even have another Video idea. Myths in the United States (like The Lost Cause Myth for example). I would like to find out what other myths there are.
Oh there are plenty, like "pull yourself up by your bootstraps." :) Great suggestion, btw!
Just want to say this is one of my favorite channels on UA-cam, keep up the great work Mr. Beat ✊
Thank you so much! That means a lot.
Just because someone’s wealthy doesn’t mean they don’t know what it’s like to live paycheck to paycheck.
Lol NBA and NFL players really feeling the heat😂😭😅😅😂😂🤣👀😂 🤣👀😂🤣👀 😂
There's just a different amount on some people's paycheck! LOL
@@tenhirankei yep lol 😂 AMURICA where livin lavish goes wrong lol 😂 🤣😭
"Garfield was also a teacher" its more awesome the fact he was a cat
It tripped me out so hard when I saw it, but the picture @13:45 is literally where my brother had his wedding
Are you going to do a top 10 of Supreme Court Justices? Maybe even just the Chief Justices
Earl Warren must be #1.
Eventually absolutely
Mr. Beat Nice 👍
that's a spicy topic now
Did anyone else notice how the red/yellow highlighted pictures/portraits of the presidents (when introduced to the list) sometimes switched sides?
I love to mess with little things like this to throw the audience off. :)
I’m not American but love learning about the presidents and US history
I do have soft spot for Reagan, Lincoln, Truman, Garfield etc who came from ordinary beginnings.
FDR is tremendous but did come from a wealthy background as did Teddy Roosevelt.
Without their wealth would they have been able to be educated and mange their health issues, severe in FDRs case to have a career in politics and lead the country.
Also it seems the presidents wife plays a big role too.
Thank you for your videos
Keep them coming !!
Best regards to you in Kansas !!
And Fdr and Teddy Roosevelt are 5th cousins