--- title: This Woman Will Replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 Bill description: Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew to announce that Hamilton will stay on the $10, and Harriet Tubman will replace Andrew Jackson on the $20. authors: - name: Denver Nicks url: https://money.com/author/denver-nicks/ at_money_since: 2015 articles: 60 covers: - Economy and Politics - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit Cards - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Personal Finance - Pets - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes social: - https://x.com/DenverNicks - https://plus.google.com/105122198911201917932 former_staff: true published: '2016-04-20T16:49:59.000Z' modified: '2024-04-16T10:41:58.000Z' section: Economy and Politics tags: - alexander hamilton - Andrew Jackson - Currency - Harriet tubman - Jacob Lew - pubdesk - Treasury word_count: 236 canonical: https://money.com/harriet-tubman-20-bill-replace-andrew-jackson/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Harriet Tubman (c1820-1913) American born in slavery, escaped 1849, and became leading Abolitionist. Active as a 'conductor' in the Underground Railroad. Photograph](https://img.money.com/2016/04/gettyimages-1134416951.jpg?crop=0px%2C626px%2C4466px%2C2511px&quality=85) *Harriet Tubman* Harriet Tubman, the iconic African American abolitionist who helped dozens of enslaved families escape to freedom, will replace President Andrew Jackson on the front of the $20 bill. U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew announced the change on Wednesday. The seventh president's image will move to the back of the new bill, [CNN reports](http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/20/news/10-bill-hamilton-20-tubman/index.html?sr=twCNN04201610-bill-hamilton-20-tubman0829PMStoryPhoto&linkId=23678815). Now that Lew has made the decision public, it should put to bed the ongoing discussion about possibly [replacing Alexander Hamilton on the $10](https://money.com/hamilton-musical-woman-10-bill/) with a woman. It now appears as if Hamilton, the creator of the U.S. Treasury and the chief architect of the United States’ financial system, will remain on the $10 bill. The news comes amid discussion about revamping the faces on American currency to reflect the U.S. multicultural society. Initial suggestions that Hamilton be taken off the $10 raised fierce objections to fans of Hamilton, one of the key founders of the United States and the current subject of the hottest musical on Broadway. Andrew Jackson, once a war hero president heralded as a champion of the common man, has seen a decline in stature in recent years, as critics have pointed to his role what many consider ethnic cleansing. 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