1969Congress voted to double the president’s salary, weeks before President-elect Richard M. Nixon took the oath of office. Unlike members of Congress, the president does not get an automatic pay raise or cost-of-living adjustment every year — legislators set the amount. Lawmakers have raised the pay for POTUS five times since George Washington was president. The current salary is $400,000 each year.1970Upstate New York farmers sued Max Yasgur for $35,000 in damages caused by the Woodstock music festival on his …