He was a "founding father" and the first Secretary of the Treasury. He worked to have a national banking system.
Hamilton was never President, though. He and Benjamin Franklin are the only two people pictured on current American paper money who never served as President.
Uh,, please take a look at any US history book. Alexander Hamilton was the first Secretary of the Treasury so he's as connected to American currency as anyone.
Of course Jefferson insisted that we adopt a decimal currency instead of the old 12/20 British system, so he gets some chops too.
Because he was the first Secretary of the Treasury.
He Was The First Secretary Of The Treasury
He was the first Secretary of the Treasury.
· the first United States Secretary of the Treasury signing the constitution and being on the ten dollar bill
He's not on any US coin. He's on the $10 bill.
Alexander Hamilton's face is in the ten dollar bill.
The symbolic connection. The One dollar bill, and he was President #1.
Alexander Hamilton was never a US President. His picture is on the $10 bill because he was the first Secretary of the Treasury.
Alexander Hamilton
He was the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.
The ten Dollar bill featuring Alexander Hamilton , and the 100 Dollar bill featuring Benjamin Franklin.
· the first United States Secretary of the Treasury signing the constitution and being on the ten dollar bill
The very first US $2 bill was issued in 1862, and it featured a picture of Alexander Hamilton.
He's not on any US coin. He's on the $10 bill.
Alexander Hamilton's face is in the ten dollar bill.
The front shows a portrait of Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury. The back shows a picture of the US Treasury building in Washington.
That would be the ten dollar and fifty dollar bill with Alexander Hamilton and Benjamin Franklin.
Take a $10 bill and very carefully move your eyes down to the bottom of the picture. The name is right there underneath. It's Alexander Hamilton.
The picture of George Washington is depicted on the dollar bill.
The very first federally-issued $2 bills were printed in 1862 and had a picture of Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton's picture was replaced by Thomas Jefferson's in 1869.