# Jackson on the $20 **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 1, 2012, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackson-on-the-20/639541 "2012-11-01T08:55:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackson-on-the-20/639541/21 "2012-11-01T16:51:06Z")
Washington and Jefferson also supported slavery. We’ve kind of decided to ignore that sort of thing. > [@Saraya](#): > > Martin Luther King was… …NOT a reverend… Uh, what? ---
**Author:** ![stuyguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@stuyguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuyguy)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackson-on-the-20/639541/22 "2012-11-01T16:56:13Z")
I just checked out the list of people on our money that **Rodgers01** linked. I have no problem with recent non-politician choices on our currency, like **Sacagawea** and **Susan B. Anthony** (both on dollar coins). Furthermore, since I am in a generous mood, I will give passes to two head-scratch-inducing choices: **Salmon P. Chase** ($10,000 bill), who as the Secty of the Treasury was intimately involved with US money matters, and **President William McKinley** ($500 bill), who was “martyred” in office. But _ **Grover Cleveland** _? Really? What the hell made him worthy to be on our $1,000 bill? (Oh, and for the purposes of the OP, yes, I think **Andrew Jackson** should be booted from the $20 bill. Historians claim he redefined the office of presidency, but I think his flaws (including the big political ones, not just his personal failings and orneriness) far outweigh his good points. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackson-on-the-20/639541/23 "2012-11-01T17:01:10Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > The U.S. currency is far too human-centric. I would like a famous horse, or perhaps an auspicious-looking beaver, on a commonly circulated denomination. Beaver bills sound great for tipping strippers. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackson-on-the-20/639541/24 "2012-11-01T17:12:54Z")
Agreed. I vote hairy va-jay-jays on all currrency. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackson-on-the-20/639541/25 "2012-11-01T17:17:48Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Agreed. I vote hairy va-jay-jays on all currrency. Puts a whole new meaning behind “I just came into some money.” ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackson-on-the-20/639541/26 "2012-11-01T17:21:26Z")
> [@Malthus](#): > > Keep him on the $20, but change the pic into one of him doing something charactaristic, like killing someone. 😃 I’d support changing it to an image of Jackson kicking John C. Calhoun in the balls. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackson-on-the-20/639541/27 "2012-11-01T17:23:26Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Agreed. I vote hairy va-jay-jays on all currrency. “More honest than Abe.” ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackson-on-the-20/639541/28 "2012-11-01T17:34:16Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Puts a whole new meaning behind “I just came into some money.” For the win! ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackson-on-the-20/639541/29 "2012-11-01T17:35:17Z")
> [@Saraya](#): > > Martin Luther King was a plagerist, adulterer, womanizer(physically as well), liar, NOT a reverend, communist sympathizer and a whole host of over things. > > Should we take his birthday celebration away, or do we still praise him cause his message was good? > > In a proper America, he’d be shunned for his false nature. Civil rights doesn’t need black ‘leaders.’ > And we could get our President’s birthdays back. > The money should never change, it give us a sense of continuity that is sorely lacking in the States. > To answer your question, who should be next, John Adams or Ron Paul. Wow. Just… Wow. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackson-on-the-20/639541/30 "2012-11-01T17:40:49Z")
_ **Ron Paul?** _ One thing you gotta say about our currency-- we don’t put anyone on it while they are still living. What are we, North Korea? ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackson-on-the-20/639541/31 "2012-11-01T17:41:55Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > _ **Ron Paul?** _ One thing you gotta say about our currency-- we don’t put anyone on it while they are still living. What are we, North Korea? I’d be OK with shooting him first. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackson-on-the-20/639541/32 "2012-11-01T17:43:46Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > The U.S. currency is far too human-centric. I would like a famous horse, or perhaps an auspicious-looking beaver, on a commonly circulated denomination. Well, heck, if you’re going to put beavers on the money, you might as well include loons, polar bears, and caribou. Happily, there’s a country right next door which has been testing that. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackson-on-the-20/639541/33 "2012-11-01T17:46:06Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Puts a whole new meaning behind “I just came into some money.” I’ve always wanted to come into some money. ☹ Someday Drunky. Someday. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackson-on-the-20/639541/34 "2012-11-01T17:49:17Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Well, heck, if you’re going to put beavers on the money, you might as well include loons, polar bears, and caribou. Happily, there’s a country right next door which has been testing that. Yet they look nowhere near auspicious enough. That damned loon is just floating there! It could at least have its beak skyward. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackson-on-the-20/639541/35 "2012-11-01T17:50:19Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Well, heck, if you’re going to put beavers on the money, you might as well include loons Is that another vote for Ron Paul? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackson-on-the-20/639541/36 "2012-11-01T17:54:00Z")
> [@Rodgers01](#): > > If anyone else needs a reminder of who’s already on the currency, [list](http://www.who2.com/common-bonds/on-the-money) here. > > If Jackson were to go, the first replacement I can think of who’s not already honored is John Adams. > > Maybe also promote FDR from the dime to the $20. FDR’s on the dime because he helped found the March of Dimes (to help eradicate childhood polio). I think when he’ll be on the dime for a while. I say put Teddy Roosevelt on the 20. First president of the 20th century, put him on the 20 dollar bill. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackson-on-the-20/639541/37 "2012-11-01T18:32:05Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > The U.S. currency is far too human-centric. I would like a famous horse, or perhaps an auspicious-looking beaver, on a commonly circulated denomination. How about [a badass president AND a moose](http://www.history.com/photos/teddy-roosevelt/photo11)? Win-win. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackson-on-the-20/639541/38 "2012-11-01T18:58:14Z")
JFK should be on the $20 bill. Put Jackson on the 50 cent piece if they even still make them any more. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackson-on-the-20/639541/39 "2012-11-01T19:39:35Z")
Which of JFK’s great achievements are we putting him on the $20 for? Jayne Mansfield? Marilyn? Being shot? ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackson-on-the-20/639541/40 "2012-11-01T19:44:54Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Which of JFK’s great achievements are we putting him on the $20 for? Jayne Mansfield? Marilyn? Being shot? Why not a compromise - put a pic of JFK screwing a starlet on one side, and Jackson killing some poor sap on the other. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackson-on-the-20/639541.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jackson-on-the-20/639541.md?page=3)