U.S. History help :S

Question

ok. so there was this U.S. president. i dunno. washington or lincoln or sumone. he came from a poor background. sorta like a rags to riches thing.

who was he????

btw. m doin an essay on how money constrains n primitive background can't stop ur success if u work hard enough

any other examples u ppl can offer WILL be appreciated

Answer 1

A 'rags to riches' background could describe any number of presidents: John Adams, Lincoln, even Richard Nixon. You need to provide a lot more background information.  

Answer 2

You're probably thinking of Abraham Lincoln.

Myth of America’s Rags-to-Riches Presidents.

Almost All Grew Up Wealthy; That Doesn’t Mean They Couldn’t Serve the Less Fortunate.

Despite the rags-to-riches mythology, American presidents have almost always come from the wealthiest sector of society. And despite their riches, some of these leaders have spoken valiantly and effectively for the poor.

Consider the first U.S. president, George Washington, who grew up on a plantation with 49 slaves and more than 10,000 acres. After he died, biographers tried to paint him as a humble yeoman farmer.

Ditto for Andrew Jackson, regarded as America’s first common-man president. Jackson grew up on an estate in South Carolina with slaves and a gristmill. He also attended a private academy, another mark of wealth at the time.

In the “Tippecanoe and Tyler too” campaign of 1840, William Henry Harrison swept into the White House by pretending that he had lived in an actual log cabin. He hadn’t. Like his running mate, John Tyler, Harrison belonged to the elite crust of Chesapeake society known as the First Families of Virginia. Harrison’s father inherited six plantations and served as Virginia’s governor during the American Revolution.

Even Abraham Lincoln, who routinely touted his youthful poverty, was relatively well-to-do. At the time of Lincoln’s birth, his father owned two farms of 600 acres along with several town lots, livestock and horses. Five years later, Thomas Lincoln was listed among the richest 15 percent of property owners in his Kentucky community.