Surprising People Who Have Appeared On US Currency

Edwin McMasters Stanton

US Attorney General and US Secretary Of War, Stanton served under President Lincoln. Though he managed and organized much of the military to great effect, he was often criticized for his micromanagement and for being too cautious. He was appointed Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court but died before taking office.

He was formerly a Democrat and later a Republican, helping Lincoln win the war, and hunt for the President’s killer John Wilkes Booth. Stanton appeared on a $1 US Treasury Note from 1890. He also became only the second American who wasn’t a President (the first was Benjamin Franklin), to appear on a postage stamp.