On current US currency, only Alexander Hamilton ($10) and Benjamin Frankin ($100) never served as president. George Washington ($1), Thomas Jefferson ($2), Abraham Lincoln ($5), Andrew Jackson ($20) and Ulysses Grant ($50) served as, respectively, the 1st, 3rd, 16th, 7th, and 18th President of the United States. On currency no longer circulating, but still legal tender, Salmon Chase ($10,000) never served as president, while William McKinley ($500), Grover Cleveland ($1,000), James Madison ($5,000) and Woodrow Wilson ($100,000) were, respectively, the 25th, 22nd (and 24th), 4th, and 28th President of the United States.
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One is Benjamin Franklin who is on the $100 bill. The other is Alexander Hamilton on the $10 bill.
Among current coins, only the Native American dollar features a person who wasn't a president - the guide for Lewis and Clark, Sacagawea.
Benjamin Franklin ($100 bill) and Alexander Hamilton ($10) are the only non-presidents on current US notes. ( The $10,000 bill picturing Salmon P. Chase has been removed from circulation in order to make large cash transactions more difficult.)
There are actually three people on the US currency that were never presidents.
Benjamin Franklin's portrait is on the front of the US $100 bill and Alexander Hamilton's portrait is on the front of the US $10 bill. Hamilton was America's first Secretary of the Treasury.
They are not all presidents, e.g. Franklin, Chase.
Benjamin Franklin on the 100 dollar bill.
His portrait is on the US dime but not on any paper currency
This occurred when Lyndon Johnson was president. John Kennedy took preliminary steps.
That would be all of them except for the 43 men who DID serve as President.