Why wasn't Andrew Jackson entirely removed from the $20 bill?

He has not, Andrew Jackson has graced the front of our current $20 bill since 1928. read more

Andrew Jackson was not removed entirely from the $20 bill because he maintains considerable popular support from conservatives a few liberals. You must remember that we are a representative democratic republic an not an actual democracy (where majority rules absolutely), there are protections built to try and defend minority opinion. read more

In the case of Andrew Jackson, the current narrative leans towards the latter. And yet, for nearly a century, a portrait of America's seventh president has graced the $20 bill — something one new group wants to change by replacing Jackson with a woman. read more

Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the U.S. Image courtesy Library of Congress My public high school wasn’t the best, but we did have an amazing history teacher. read more