Which Presidents Appear on U.S. Money?
Presidents appearing on U.S. paper money include George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant, William McKinley, Grover Cleveland and Woodrow Wilson. Presidents appearing on U.S. coins include Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt and George Washington.
George Washington was the first president of the United States and appears on the U.S. $1 bill. Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, appears on the $5 bill, while 7th president Andrew Jackson is on the $20 bill. Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the U.S. and a notable general during the Civil War, appears on the $50 bill.
Although not in wide circulation, $500 bills bear the image of the 25th president of the United States, William McKinley, and the rare $1,000 bill bears the image of Grover Cleveland, who served as the 22nd president of the U.S. The $100,000 bill features Woodrow Wilson, 28th president of the U.S., although the bill was never circulated.
Currency featuring other notable Americans who were not presidents includes the $2 bill, which is adorned with the image of Thomas Jefferson, an author of the Declaration of Independence; Alexander Hamilton, the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, appears on the $10 bill, although the first $10 bill featured a portrait of Abraham Lincoln; Benjamin Franklin, one of the founding fathers, is on the $100 bill.
