“Jackson first appeared on the twenty dollar bill in 1928. It is not clear the reason the bill was switched from Grover Cleveland to Andrew Jackson. According to the U.S. Treasury, “Treasury department records do not reveal the reason that portraits of these particular statesmen were chosen in preference to those of the other persons of equal importance and prominence.” The placement of Jackson on the 20$ bill may be a historical irony; as president, he vehemently opposed both the National Bank and paper money and made the goal of his administration the destruction of the National Bank.
In his farewell address to the nation, he cautioned the public about paper money..” Andrew Jackson should be on the twenty dollar bill because he changed democracy
In his farewell address to the nation, he cautioned the public about paper money..” Andrew Jackson should be on the twenty dollar bill because he changed democracy