Does anyone have the list of each current congressman/woman in order of wealth top to bottom?

Question

There are 535 members of the U S Congress. Today on my job a co-worker made the point to me that the top wealthiest members and many more so than Republican are Democrats. My follow-up question is: Are people of wealth ineligible for the office of congress?

Answer 1

I don't have the full list, but the top 10 are supposedly:

1. (D) John Kerry 750MIL, (nobody else is even close to almost a billion dollars)



2. (D) Herb Kohl 243 MIL

3. (D) Jay Rockefeller 200 MIL

4. (D) Jane Harmon 172MIL

5. (R) Darrell Issa 140 MIL

6. (R) Robin Hayes 59 MIL

7. (R) Charles Taylor 56 MIL

8. (D) Dianne Feinstein 42 MIL

9. (R) Lincoln Chafee 39 MIL

10. (R) John McCain 29 MIL

Within the top 25 there are also

12. (D) Edward Kennedy 19 MIL

15. (D) Nancy Pelosi 14 MIL

16. (R) Elizabeth Dole 13 MIL

21. (R) Bill Frist 11 MIL

25. (D) Hillary Clinton 10MIL

Of the top 50 there are 34 Republicans and 16 Democrats, so your friend is wrong based upon the top 50 wealthiest in Congress.

I find it pretty astounding though that once you get past the top five, you could add up all of the rest of the top 50 wealthiest in Congress and it would not equal the listed wealth of #1 ranked Sen. John Kerry. THAT'S SOME COLD HARD CASH RIGHT THERE!!!

Answer 2

There you have it, Republicans manage money better.  That was dead obvious.