List of people on United States banknotes
People depicted
Each of the 53 individuals depicted on U.S. banknotes (not including fractional currency) is listed alphabetically with their most commonly associated titles, positions held, or affiliations (with dates).

List of people on United States banknotes

Section Title: People depicted
Table Section Text: Each of the 53 individuals depicted on U.S. banknotes (not including fractional currency) is listed alphabetically with their most commonly associated titles, positions held, or affiliations (with dates).

Name	Born	Died	Portrait	Title/comments	U.S. Banknote(s)	IAD

John Quincy Adams	11 Jul 1767	23 Feb 1848	-	U.S. Minister to the Netherlands (1794–97), Prussia (1797–1801); State Senate (Massachusetts, 1802); U.S.	LT $500 (1869)	1869

Thomas Hart Benton	14 Mar 1782	10 Apr 1858	-	U.S. Senate (Missouri, 1821–51); U.S. House (Missouri, 1853–55).	GC $100 (1870)	1870

Salmon Portland Chase	13 Jan 1808	7 May 1873	-	U.S. Senate (Ohio, 1849–55 & 1861); Governor (Ohio, 1856–60); U.S.	LT $1 (1862) CITN $10 (1863) IBN $10 (1864) IBN $1,000 (1861) FRN $10,000 (1918) SSN $10,000 (1928–34)	1861

William Clark	1 Aug 1770	1 Sep 1838	-	Explorer Captain, U.S. Army (1789–96); Superintendent of Indian Affairs (1807–13 & 1822–38); Governor, Missouri Territory (1813–20).	LT $10 (1901)	1901

Henry Clay	12 Apr 1777	29 Jun 1852	-	State House (Kentucky, 1803); U.S. Senate (Kentucky, 1806–07 & 1810–11); Speaker of the House (1811–14, 1815–20, 1823–25); U.S.	LT $50 (1869)	1869

Grover Cleveland	18 Mar 1837	24 Jun 1908	-	Governor (New York, 1883–85); President of the United States (1885–89, 1893–97).	FRBN $20 (1915) FRN $20 (1914) SSN $1,000 (1928–34)	1914

DeWitt Clinton	2 Mar 1769	11 Feb 1828	-	State House (New York, 1797–98); State Senate, (New York, 1798–1802 & 1805–11); U.S. Senate (New York, 1802–03); Mayor, New York City (1803–07, 1808-1810 & 1811-15); Lieutenant Governor (New York, 1811–13); Candidate for President (1812); Governor (New York, 1817–23, 1825–28).	LT $1,000 (1869)	1869

Stephen Decatur	5 Jan 1779	22 Mar 1820	-	Commodore, U.S. Navy; Quasi-War, First Barbary War; Awarded Congressional Gold Medal (1813).	SC $20 (1878)	1878

Edward Everett	11 Apr 1794	15 Jan 1865	-	U.S. House (Massachusetts, 1825–35); Governor (Massachusetts, 1836–40); U.S.	SC $50 (1878)	1878

David Glasgow Farragut	5 Jul 1801	14 Aug 1870	-	Admiral, Commander-in-Chief (1861–70), U.S. Navy (1810–1868); War of 1812, West Indies, American Civil War; Received Thanks of Congress (1862 & 1866).	TN $100 (1890)	1890

William Pitt Fessenden	16 Oct 1806	8 Sep 1869	-	State House (Maine, 1832, 1840, 1845–46, 1853–54); U.S. House (Maine, 1841–43); U.S.	NBN $20 (1882, reverse)	1882

Benjamin Franklin	17 Jan 1706	17 Apr 1790	-	Founder; Delegate, Pennsylvania, Continental Congress; U.S. Postmaster General (1775, Inaugural Holder); Signer, Declaration of Independence (1776); U.S.	LT $50 (1874) RC $10 (1879) FRN $100 (1914) SSN $100 (1928–present)	1874

Robert Fulton	14 Nov 1765	24 Feb 1815	-	Engineer; Inventor	SC $2 (1896, reverse)	1896

Albert Gallatin	29 Jan 1761	12 Aug 1849	-	State House (Pennsylvania, 1790–92); U.S. Senate (Pennsylvania, 1793–94); U.S.	LT $500 (1862)	1862

James Abram Garfield	19 Nov 1831	19 Sep 1881	-	State Senate, (Ohio, 1859–61); Major General, U.S. Army, (1861–63); U.S.	NBN $5 (1882) GC $20 (1882)	1882

Ulysses Simpson Grant	27 Apr 1822	23 Jul 1885	-	Commanding General (1864–69), U.S. Army (1843–54, 1861–69 & 1877–85); U.S.	SC $1 (1899) SC $5 (1886), (1896, reverse) FRBN $50 (1918) FRN $50 (1914) GC $50 (1913) SSN $50 (1928–present)	1886

Alexander Hamilton	11 Jan 1757	12 Jul 1804	-	Founder; Lieutenant Colonel, Continental Army (1775–); Continental Congress (1782–83); State House (New York, 1787); U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1789–95); Major General, Senior Officer, U.S.	DN $5 (1861) LT $2 (1862) LT $5 (1862) LT $20 (1869) LT $50 (1862) CITN $50 (1863) IBN $50 (1864) IBN $500 (1864) FRN $1,000 (1918) GC $1,000 (1870) SSN $10 (1928–present)	1861

Winfield Scott Hancock	14 Feb 1824	9 Feb 1886	-	Major General (1866–86), U.S. Army (1844–86); Mexican–American War, American Civil War. Received Thanks of Congress (1866); Candidate for President (1880).	SC $2 (1886)	1886

Benjamin Harrison	20 Aug 1833	13 Mar 1901	-	Brigadier General, U.S. Army (1862–65); U.S. Senate (Indiana, 1881–87); President of the United States (1889–93).	NBN $5 (1902)	1902

Thomas Andrews Hendricks	7 Sep 1819	25 Nov 1885	-	State House (Indiana, 1848–49); U.S. House (Indiana, 1851–55); Assistant Treasurer of the United States (1853); U.S.	SC $10 (1886)	1886

Michael Hillegas	22 Apr 1729	29 Sep 1804	-	Provincial Assembly (Pennsylvania, 1765–75); Treasurer of the United States (1775–89, Inaugural Holder).	GC $10 (1907)	1907

Andrew Jackson	15 Mar 1767	8 Jun 1845	-	U.S. House (Tennessee, 1796–97); U.S.	LT $5 (1869) LT $10,000 (1878) IBN $50 [Two-Year] (1861) FRBN $10 (1915) FRN $10 (1914) GC $10,000 (1870) SSN $20 (1928–present)	1861

Thomas Jefferson	13 Apr 1743	4 Jul 1826	-	Founder; House of Burgesses (Virginia, 1769); Delegate, Virginia Continental Congress (1775–76 & 1783–84); Signer, Declaration of Independence (1776); Governor (Virginia, 1779–81); U.S.	LT $2 (1869) FRBN $2 (1918) SSN $2 (1928–present)	1869

John Jay Knox, Jr.	19 Mar 1828	12 Feb 1892	-	Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury (1872–84).	NBN $100 (1902)	1902

Meriwether Lewis	18 Aug 1774	11 Oct 1809	-	Explorer; Governor, Louisiana/Missouri Territory (1807–09).	LT $10 (1901)	1901

Abraham Lincoln	12 Feb 1809	15 Apr 1865	-	State House (Illinois, 1834–41); U.S. House (Illinois, 1847–49); President of the United States (1861–65).	DN $1 (1861) LT $10 (1862) LT $100 (1869) CITN $20 (1863) IBN $20 (1864) SC $1 (1899) SC $5 (1923) FRBN $5 (1915) FRN $5 (1914) GC $500 (1870) SSN $5 (1928–present)	1861

James Madison	16 Mar 1751	28 Jun 1836	-	Founder; Member, First General Assembly of Virginia (1776); Delegate, Virginia, Continental Congress (1780–83 & 1786–88); Virginia House of Delegates (1783–86); U.S.	LT $5,000 (1878) FRN $5,000 (1918) GC $5,000 (1870) SSN $5,000 (1928–34)	1870

Daniel Manning	16 May 1831	24 Dec 1887	-	U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1885–87)	SC $20 (1886)	1886

Joseph King Fenno Mansfield	22 Dec 1803	18 Sep 1862	-	Major General (1862), U.S. Army (1822–62); Mexican–American War, American Civil War.	LT $500 (1874)	1874

William Learned Marcy	12 Dec 1786	4 Jul 1857	-	Adjutant General, New York State Militia (1821–23); New York State Comptroller (1823); Judge, New York Supreme Court (1829–31); U.S. Senate (New York, 1831–33); Governor (New York, 1833–39); Commissioner of Mexican Claims (1839–42); U.S.	SC $1,000 (1878)	1878

John Marshall	24 Sep 1755	6 Jul 1835	-	Captain, Continental Army (1776–81); Virginia General Assembly (1782–91, 1797); U.S. Minister to France (1797); U.S.	TN $20 (1890) FRN $500 (1918)	1890

Hugh McCulloch	7 Dec 1801	24 May 1895	-	Comptroller of the Currency (1863–65); U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1865–69 & 1884–85).	NBN $20 (1902)	1902

William McKinley, Jr.	29 Jan 1843	14 Sep 1901	-	Major, U.S. Army (1861–65); U.S.	NBN $10 (1902) SSN $500 (1928–34)	1902

James Birdseye McPherson	14 Nov 1828	22 Jul 1864	-	Major General (1862–64), U.S. Army (1853–64), American Civil War; Killed in battle.	TN $2 (1890)	1890

George Gordon Meade	31 Dec 1815	6 Nov 1872	-	Major General (1862–69), U.S. Army (1835–69); Mexican–American War, American Civil War; Received Thanks of Congress (1864).	TN $1,000 (1890)	1890

James Monroe	28 Apr 1758	4 Jul 1831	-	Major, Continental Army (1776–79); Colonel, Virginia State Militia (1780); Continental Congress (1783–86); State House (Virginia, 1786 & 1810–11); U.S. Senate (Virginia, 1790–94); U.S.	SC $100 (1878)	1878

Robert Morris	31 Jan 1734	8 May 1806	-	Founder; Delegate, Pennsylvania, Continental Congress (1776); Signer, Declaration of Independence (1776); State House (Pennsylvania, 1778–81 & 1785–87); United States Superintendent of Finance (1781–84).	LT $1,000 (1862) SC $10 (1878)	1862

Samuel Finley Breese Morse	27 Apr 1791	2 Apr 1872	-	Inventor, Morse Telegraph; Co-Inventor, Morse Code; Painter.	SC $2 (1896, reverse)	1896

Running Antelope	c.1821	c.1896	-	Sioux Chief of the Hunkpapa	SC $5 (1899)	1899

Winfield Scott	13 Jun 1786	29 May 1866	-	Commanding General (1841–61), U.S. Army (1808–61); War of 1812, Seminole Wars, Black Hawk War, Mexican–American War, American Civil War; Military Governor, Mexico City (1847–48); U.S.	IBN $500 [Two-Year] (1861) IBN $100 [Three-Year] (1864)	1861

William Henry Seward	16 May 1801	16 Oct 1872	-	State Senate (New York, 1831–34); Governor (New York, 1839–43); U.S. Senate (New York, 1849–61); U.S.	TN $50 (1891)	1891

Philip Henry Sheridan	6 Mar 1831	5 Aug 1888	-	Commanding General (1883–88), U.S. Army (1853–88); American Civil War, Indian Wars. Received Thanks of Congress (1865).	SC $5 (1896, reverse) TN $10 (1890)	1890

John Sherman	10 May 1823	22 Oct 1900	-	U.S. House (Ohio, 1855–61); U.S.	NBN $50 (1902)	1902

William Tecumseh Sherman	8 Feb 1820	14 Feb 1891	-	U.S. Secretary of War (Interim, 9 September 1869 – 18 October 1869); Commanding General (1869–83), U.S.	TN $500 (1891)	1891

Edwin McMasters Stanton	19 Dec 1814	24 Dec 1869	-	U.S. Attorney General (1860–61); U.S. Secretary of War (1862–68); U.S. Supreme Court (appointed 1869, died before taking office).	TN $1 (1890)	1890

Charles Sumner	6 Jan 1811	11 Mar 1874	-	U.S. Senate (Massachusetts, 1851–74).	SC $500 (1878)	1878

George H. Thomas	31 Jul 1816	28 Mar 1870	-	Major General (1864–70), U.S. Army (1840–70); Mexican–American War, American Civil War. Received Thanks of Congress (1865).	TN $5 (1890)	1890

George Washington	22 Feb 1732	14 Dec 1799	-	Founder; Virginia House of Burgesses (1758–75); Delegate, VA, Continental Congress (1774–75); Commander-in-Chief, Continental Army (1775–83); Member, U.S. Constitutional Convention (1787); President of the United States (1789–97); Lieutenant General, Commander of the United States Army (1798–99).	LT $1 (1869) CITN $100 (1863) IBN $100 (1864) IBN $1,000 [Two-Year] (1861) IBN $500 [Three-Year] (1861) SC $1 (1896, reverse) SC $1 (1923) SC $2 (1899) FRBN $1 (1918) GC $20 (1905) SSN $1 (1928–present)	1861

Martha Washington	2 Jun 1731	22 May 1802	-	First Lady of the United States (1789–97).	SC $1 (1886) SC $1 (1896, reverse)	1886

Daniel Webster	18 Jan 1782	24 Oct 1852	-	U.S. House (New Hampshire, 1813–17); U.S.	LT $10 (1869)	1869

Woodrow Wilson	28 Dec 1856	3 Feb 1924	-	Governor (New Jersey, 1911–13); President of the United States (1913–21). Recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (1919).	SSN $100,000 (1934)	1934

William Windom	10 May 1827	29 Jan 1891	-	U.S. House (Minnesota, 1859–69); U.S. Senate (Minnesota, 1870–71, 1871–81 & 1881–83); U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1881, 1889–91).	SC $2 (1891)	1891

Silas Wright, Jr.	24 May 1795	27 Aug 1847	-	U.S. House (New York, 1827–29 & 1829–30); U.S. Senate (New York, 1833–44); Governor (New York, 1845–47).	GC $50 (1882)	1882

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Antelope depicted on U.S. paper money as the Series 1899 $5 Silver Certificate.

final_sentence: Antelope depicted on U.S. paper money as the Series 1899 $5 Silver Certificate.