George Washington and Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton: The current Secretary of the Treasury is responsible for selecting the lucky few featured on US bills, and though the bills have been frequently redesigned for security purposes, the famous faces on them have remained the same since 1929. , according to BBC. Thanks to one 19th Century upstart, one also must be dead to appear on a bill. First, it helps to be a titan of American history, like former presidents George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson, or founding fathers Benjamin Franklin and Alexander Hamilton. That s when a special treasury committee selected them due to their "permanent familiarity in the minds of the public", according to the US Department of the Treasury . (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.