Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 217, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1918 — Salaries Paid to Principal Officers of United States [ARTICLE]

Salaries Paid to Principal Officers of United States

The salaries of the principal officers of the United States government are as follows: The president, $75,000 a year; vice president, $12,000; members of the cabinet, $12,000; representatives in congress, $7,500; speaker of the house, $12,000; United States senators, $7,500; chief justice of supreme court, $15,000; each associate justice, $14,500. In the diplomatic service twelve ambassadors are each paid $17,500 a year; five ministers are each paid $12,000, and 23 ministers are each paid SIO,OOO. An authority says: “It is a matter of common knowledge that certain posts, especially in the diplomatic service, entail expenses so much 4n excess of the salary paid that they can be accepted only by men of wealth. A recent secretary of state who did not maintain an elaborate establishment, said that his four years in office cost him $40,000 in excess of the salary which he received.”