Surprising People Who Have Appeared On US Currency

James Abram Garfield

The only President to make it onto our list is James Garfield. Yes, plenty of US Presidents are depicted on our currency, in fact, there are 13 in total. But, people like Washington and Lincoln are obvious. James Garfield makes our list for being the second shortest serving President ever (behind William Henry Harrison).

Garfield had a long political career before finally taking office in March of 1881. But, James’s tenure was to be short-lived, and he was shot just three months later by Charles J. Guiteau. Garfield died 79 days later in September 1881 and was commemorated on currency the following year.