Harriet Tubman to replace Andrew Jackson on $20 bill

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/harriet-tubman-20-bill_us_5717a6f5e4b0060ccda50d8b

I am half Cherokee, and so Andrew Jackson is no hero to me. I like Ms. Tubman as a replacement.

Well Jackson opposed the national bank as well as the issuance of paper money so his face on the most popular note is, in a word, ironic. Just glad Hamilton stays

I would have liked to see them use Amelia Earhart

Quote: "cncote10"​Well Jackson opposed the national bank as well as the issuance of paper money so his face on the most popular note is, in a word, ironic. Just glad Hamilton stays

​What you say is true, but doesn't tell the whole story. Jackson was against the Bank of the United States (BUS), because he felt it favored the rich over the common man (which was true). Thus, after he vetoed the recharter, he moved the money it held to state banks. That turned out to be a disaster, because the state banks produced much more paper money than they actually had on deposit from the federal government. The real culprit was Senator Clay who moved to recharter the BUS four years early.

Quote: "muygrandeoso"​I am half Cherokee, and so Andrew Jackson is no hero to me. I like Ms. Tubman as a replacement.

​I completely understand your view of Jackson; he was no friend of the native Americans.

Quote: "neilithic"​I would have liked to see them use Amelia Earhart

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Would have been a cool coin, and an excuse for a plane on it!

Nowhere near political enough to win them votes though.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-04-22/patrick-buchanan-dishonoring-general-jackson

Nice article with lots of historical background.

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Quote: "neilithic"​I would have liked to see them use Amelia Earhart

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​Would have been a cool coin, and an excuse for a plane on it!
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​Nowhere near political enough to win them votes though.

​Coin?