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Frederick McKinley Jones (May 17, 1893 – February 21, 1961) was an American inventor, entrepreneur, engineer, winner of the National Medal of Technology, and an ...
Harry Truman was among the poorest U.S. presidents, with a net worth considerably less than $1 million. His financial situation contributed to the doubling of the presidential salary to $100,000 in 1949. [5] In addition, the presidential pension was created in 1958 when Truman was again experiencing financial difficulties. [6]
Net worth ($ million) 1 Kevin Hern: Republican Oklahoma House Yes 361.0* 2 Rick Scott: Republican: Florida: Senate: Yes 259.7 3 Mark Warner: Democratic: Virginia: Senate Yes 214.1 4 Greg Gianforte: Republican Montana: House: No 189.3 5 Paul Mitchell: Republican Michigan: House No 179.6 6 Mitt Romney: Republican Utah: Senate Yes 174.5 7 Vernon ...
George H.W. Bush. Before: $4 million After: $23 million The elder Bush had grown his net worth by 475% between the time he took office in 1989 and 2017, when The American University study was ...
Frederick McKinley Jones. Frederick McKinley Jones was interested in mechanics at a young age, which he used as an auto mechanic. With limited education, Jones taught himself mechanical and ...
Frederick McKinley Jones (1893-1961) With a background in electrical engineering, Jones is credited with many inventions — from a portable X-ray machine to a broadcast radio transmitter — but ...
Jones was the first African American to receive the award (see Frederick McKinley Jones). In 1997, Ingersoll Rand acquired Thermo King from Westinghouse for $2.56 billion in cash, 13 times earnings, [ 9 ] and added it to its Climate Control Technologies (later Climate Solutions) businesses, alongside Trane and Hussmann.
Frederick Edward Jones (1759–1834), Irish theatre manager; Frederick Elwyn Jones, Baron Elwyn-Jones (1909–1989), Welsh barrister and politician; Frederick McKinley Jones (1893–1961), African-American inventor