List of people on United States banknotes

Table columns:
Name
Born
Died
Portrait[nb 6]
Title/comments
U.S. Banknote(s)[10]
IAD[11]

Table rows:
cells: John Quincy Adams[12]
11 Jul 1767
23 Feb 1848
U.S. Minister to the Netherlands (1794–97), Prussia (1797–1801); State Senate (Massachusetts, 1802); U.S. Senate (Massachusetts, 1803–08); U.S. Minister to Russia (1809–14), Great Britain (1815–17); U.S. Secretary of State (1817–25); President of the United States (1825–29); U.S. House (Massachusetts, 1831–48).[13]
LT $500 (1869)
1869
cells: Thomas Hart Benton[14]
14 Mar 1782
10 Apr 1858
U.S. Senate (Missouri, 1821–51); U.S. House (Missouri, 1853–55).
GC $100 (1870)
1870
cells: Salmon Portland Chase[15]
13 Jan 1808
7 May 1873
U.S. Senate (Ohio, 1849–55 & 1861); Governor (Ohio, 1856–60); U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1861–64); Chief Justice of the United States (1864–73).
LT $1 (1862) CITN $10 (1863) IBN $10 (1864) IBN $1,000 (1861) FRN $10,000 (1918) SSN $10,000 (1928–34)
1861
cells: William Clark
1 Aug 1770
1 Sep 1838
Explorer Captain, U.S. Army (1789–96); Superintendent of Indian Affairs (1807–13 & 1822–38);[16] Governor, Missouri Territory (1813–20).[17]
LT $10 (1901)
1901
cells: Henry Clay[18]
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. Secretary of State (1825–29); U.S. Senate (Kentucky, 1831–43 & 1849–52).[19]
LT $50 (1869)
1869
cells: Grover Cleveland[20]
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
cells: DeWitt Clinton[21]
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).[22]
LT $1,000 (1869)
1869
cells: Stephen Decatur[23]
5 Jan 1779
22 Mar 1820
Commodore, U.S. Navy; Quasi-War, First Barbary War; Awarded Congressional Gold Medal (1813).
SC $20 (1878)
1878
cells: Edward Everett[24]
11 Apr 1794
15 Jan 1865
U.S. House (Massachusetts, 1825–35); Governor (Massachusetts, 1836–40); U.S. Minister to Great Britain (1841–45); U.S. Secretary of State (1852–53); U.S. Senate (Massachusetts, 1853–54).
SC $50 (1878)
1878
cells: David Glasgow Farragut[25]
5 Jul 1801
14 Aug 1870
Admiral, Commander-in-Chief (1861–70),[26] U.S. Navy (1810–1868); War of 1812, West Indies, American Civil War; Received Thanks of Congress (1862[26] & 1866).[26]
TN $100 (1890)
1890
cells: William Pitt Fessenden[27]
16 Oct 1806
8 Sep 1869
State House (Maine, 1832, 1840, 1845–46, 1853–54); U.S. House (Maine, 1841–43); U.S. Senate (Maine, 1854–64); U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1864–65).[28]
NBN $20 (1882, reverse)
1882[29]
cells: Benjamin Franklin[30]
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. Minister to France (1778–85), Sweden (1782–83); President of Pennsylvania (1785–88); Delegate, Pennsylvania, U.S. Constitutional Convention (1787).
LT $50 (1874) RC $10 (1879) FRN $100 (1914) SSN $100 (1928–present)
1874
cells: Robert Fulton[31]
14 Nov 1765
24 Feb 1815
Engineer; Inventor
SC $2 (1896, reverse)
1896
cells: Albert Gallatin[32]
29 Jan 1761
12 Aug 1849
State House (Pennsylvania, 1790–92); U.S. Senate (Pennsylvania, 1793–94); U.S. House (Pennsylvania, 1795–1801); U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1801–14); U.S. Minister to France (1815–23), Great Britain (1826–27).[33]
LT $500 (1862)
1862
cells: James Abram Garfield[34]
19 Nov 1831
19 Sep 1881
State Senate, (Ohio, 1859–61);[35] Major General, U.S. Army, (1861–63);[36] U.S. House (Ohio, 1863–81); President of the United States (1881). Shot by Charles J. Guiteau on 2 July 1881.[37]
NBN $5 (1882) GC $20 (1882)
1882
cells: Ulysses Simpson Grant[38]
27 Apr 1822
23 Jul 1885
Commanding General (1864–69), U.S. Army (1843–54, 1861–69 & 1877–85); U.S. Secretary of War, (Interim, 12 August 1867 – 12 January 1868);[39] President of the United States (1869–77) Mexican–American War, American Civil War; Received Thanks of Congress (1863) and awarded The Congressional Gold Medal(1863).[40]
SC $1 (1899) SC $5 (1886), (1896, reverse) FRBN $50 (1918) FRN $50 (1914) GC $50 (1913) SSN $50 (1928–present)
1886
cells: Alexander Hamilton[41]
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. Army (1799–1800).[42]
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
cells: Winfield Scott Hancock[43]
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);[44] Candidate for President (1880).
SC $2 (1886)
1886
cells: Benjamin Harrison[45]
20 Aug 1833
13 Mar 1901
Brigadier General, U.S. Army (1862–65);[46] U.S. Senate (Indiana, 1881–87); President of the United States (1889–93).
NBN $5 (1902)
1902
cells: Thomas Andrews Hendricks[47]
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. Senate (Indiana, 1863–69); Governor (Indiana, 1873–77); Vice President of the United States (1885, Died in Office).[48]
SC $10 (1886)
1886
cells: Michael Hillegas[49]
22 Apr 1729
29 Sep 1804
Provincial Assembly (Pennsylvania, 1765–75); Treasurer of the United States (1775–89, Inaugural Holder).
GC $10 (1907)
1907
cells: Andrew Jackson[50]
15 Mar 1767
8 Jun 1845
U.S. House (Tennessee, 1796–97); U.S. Senate (Tennessee, 1797–98); Judge, Tennessee Supreme Court (1798–1804); Major General, U.S. Army, Awarded Congressional Gold Medal(1815); Military Governor of Florida (10 March 1821 – 18 July 1821); U.S. Senate (Tennessee, 1823–25); President of the United States (1829–37). An assassination attempt (the first on a U.S. President) was made by Richard Lawrence on 30 January 1835 outside the Capitol building.[51]
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
cells: Thomas Jefferson[52]
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. Minister to France (1785–89); U.S. Secretary of State (1790–93, Inaugural Holder ); Candidate for President (1796); Vice President of the United States (1797–1801); President of the United States (1801–09).
LT $2 (1869) FRBN $2 (1918) SSN $2 (1928–present)
1869
cells: John Jay Knox, Jr. [53]
19 Mar 1828
12 Feb 1892
Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury (1872–84).[54]
NBN $100 (1902)
1902
cells: Meriwether Lewis[55]
18 Aug 1774
11 Oct 1809
Explorer; Governor, Louisiana/Missouri Territory (1807–09).[56]
LT $10 (1901)
1901
cells: Abraham Lincoln[57]
12 Feb 1809
15 Apr 1865
State House (Illinois, 1834–41); U.S. House (Illinois, 1847–49); President of the United States (1861–65).[58] Assassinated by John Wilkes Booth on 15 April 1865.[59]
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
cells: James Madison[60]
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. Constitutional Convention (1787); U.S. House (Virginia, 1789–97); U.S. Secretary of State (1801–09); President of the United States (1809–17).
LT $5,000 (1878) FRN $5,000 (1918) GC $5,000 (1870) SSN $5,000 (1928–34)
1870
cells: Daniel Manning
16 May 1831
24 Dec 1887
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1885–87)
SC $20 (1886)
1886
cells: Joseph King Fenno Mansfield[61]
22 Dec 1803
18 Sep 1862
Major General (1862), U.S. Army (1822–62); Mexican–American War, American Civil War.
LT $500 (1874)
1874
cells: William Learned Marcy[62]
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. Secretary of War (1845–49); U.S. Secretary of State (1853–57).[63]
SC $1,000 (1878)
1878
cells: John Marshall[64]
24 Sep 1755
6 Jul 1835
Captain, Continental Army (1776–81);[65] Virginia General Assembly (1782–91, 1797); U.S. Minister to France (1797); U.S. House (Virginia, 1799–1800); U.S. Secretary of State (1800–01); Chief Justice of the United States (1801–35).
TN $20 (1890) FRN $500 (1918)
1890
cells: Hugh McCulloch[66]
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
cells: William McKinley, Jr.[67]
29 Jan 1843
14 Sep 1901
Major, U.S. Army (1861–65); U.S. House (Ohio, 1877–84 & 1885–91); Governor (Ohio, 1892–96);[68] President of the United States (1897–1901). Shot by Leon Czolgosz on 6 September 1901.[69]
NBN $10 (1902) SSN $500 (1928–34)
1902
cells: James Birdseye McPherson[70]
14 Nov 1828
22 Jul 1864
Major General (1862–64), U.S. Army (1853–64), American Civil War; Killed in battle.[71]
TN $2 (1890)
1890
cells: George Gordon Meade[72]
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).[73]
TN $1,000 (1890)
1890
cells: James Monroe[74]
28 Apr 1758
4 Jul 1831
Major, Continental Army (1776–79); Colonel, Virginia State Militia (1780);[75] Continental Congress (1783–86); State House (Virginia, 1786 & 1810–11); U.S. Senate (Virginia, 1790–94); U.S. Minister to France (1794–96); Governor (Virginia, 1799–1802 & 1811); U.S. Minister to Great Britain (1803–07); U.S. Secretary of State (1811–14 & 1815–17); U.S. Secretary of War (Interim, 27 August 1814 – 15 March 1815);[76] President of the United States (1817–25).
SC $100 (1878)
1878
cells: Robert Morris[77]
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
cells: Samuel Finley Breese Morse [78]
27 Apr 1791
2 Apr 1872
Inventor,[79] Morse Telegraph; Co-Inventor, Morse Code; Painter.[80]
SC $2 (1896, reverse)
1896
cells: Running Antelope
c.1821
c.1896
Sioux Chief of the Hunkpapa
SC $5 (1899)
1899
cells: Winfield Scott[81]
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. Secretary of War (Interim, 24 July 1850 – 15 August 1850);[82] Candidate for President (1852). Awarded Congressional Gold Medal (1814[83] and 1848).[83]
IBN $500 [Two-Year] (1861) IBN $100 [Three-Year] (1864)
1861
cells: William Henry Seward[84]
16 May 1801
16 Oct 1872
State Senate (New York, 1831–34); Governor (New York, 1839–43); U.S. Senate (New York, 1849–61);[85] U.S. Secretary of State (1861–69). An assassination attempt was made by Lewis Powell, a co-conspirator of John Wilkes Booth, the same night President Lincoln was shot (15 April 1865).[86]
TN $50 (1891)
1891
cells: Philip Henry Sheridan[87]
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).[87]
SC $5 (1896, reverse) TN $10 (1890)
1890
cells: John Sherman[88]
10 May 1823
22 Oct 1900
U.S. House (Ohio, 1855–61); U.S. Senate (Ohio, 1861–77 & 1881–97); President pro tem, U.S. Senate (1885–87);[89] U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (1877–81); U.S. Secretary of State (1897–98).
NBN $50 (1902)
1902
cells: William Tecumseh Sherman[90]
8 Feb 1820
14 Feb 1891
U.S. Secretary of War (Interim, 9 September 1869 – 18 October 1869);[89] Commanding General (1869–83), U.S. Army (1840–84); American Civil War, Indian Wars. Received Thanks of Congress (1864[91] & 1865).[91]
TN $500 (1891)
1891[92]
cells: Edwin McMasters Stanton[93]
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).[93]
TN $1 (1890)
1890
cells: Charles Sumner[94]
6 Jan 1811
11 Mar 1874
U.S. Senate (Massachusetts, 1851–74).
SC $500 (1878)
1878
cells: George H. Thomas[95]
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).[96]
TN $5 (1890)
1890
cells: George Washington[97]
22 Feb 1732
14 Dec 1799
Founder; Virginia House of Burgesses (1758–75);[98] Delegate, VA, Continental Congress (1774–75); Commander-in-Chief, Continental Army (1775–83);[99] Member, U.S. Constitutional Convention (1787); President of the United States (1789–97); Lieutenant General, Commander of the United States Army (1798–99).[100]
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
cells: Martha Washington[101]
2 Jun 1731
22 May 1802
First Lady of the United States (1789–97).
SC $1 (1886) SC $1 (1896, reverse)
1886
cells: Daniel Webster[102]
18 Jan 1782
24 Oct 1852
U.S. House (New Hampshire, 1813–17); U.S. House (Massachusetts, 1823–27); U.S. Senate (Massachusetts, 1827–41 & 1845–50); Candidate for President (1836); U.S. Secretary of State (1841–43 & 1850–52).[103]
LT $10 (1869)
1869
cells: Woodrow Wilson[104]
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).[105]
SSN $100,000 (1934)
1934
cells: William Windom[106]
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).[104]
SC $2 (1891)
1891
cells: Silas Wright, Jr.[107]
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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