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In 1789 the Presidents salary was set at $25,000 per year. In 1873 it was raised to $50,000. In 2009 dollars Lincoln's $25,000 would be worth $500,000. That is greater thatn the $400,000 the President makes today. However President's did not have a pension then as they do now.

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