Rise of U.S. President Salary Through the Years
The president’s salary began at 25000 dollars a year. It was raised to 50000 dollars in 1875 during Grant's second term and later increased to 75000 dollars in 1900.
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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1949
Page
5
The president’s salary began at 25000 dollars a year. It was raised to 50000 dollars in 1875 during Grant's second term and later increased to 75000 dollars in 1900.
CAT continued from page one Tuesday with knowledge of the terrain pushing toward the crash scene. Rangers reported their discovery to FM Radio Station WMIT near the mountain summit, which delayed details to Air Force bases. Capt. C. K. Maxwell of a ground search crew from Westoverfield, Mass., left immediately for the wreckage. The article recalls David Livingstone as the first European to cross Africa from ocean to ocean in 1856.
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