Harry Truman

 
When President Truman retired from office in 1952, his income was
substantially a United States Army pension, reported to have been
$13,507.72 a year. Congress, noting he was paying for stamps and
personally licking them, granted him an ‘allowance,’ and later, a
retroactive pension of $25,000 per year.
When offered corporate positions at large salaries, he declined,
stating, ‘You don’t want [...]

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