<P> On June 17, 2015, then - Treasury Secretary Jack Lew announced that a woman's portrait would be featured on a redesigned $10 bill by 2020, replacing Alexander Hamilton . However, that decision was reversed, at least in part due to Hamilton's surging popularity following the hit Broadway musical Hamilton . </P> <P> On April 20, 2016, Lew officially announced that Alexander Hamilton would remain on the $10 bill, while Andrew Jackson would be replaced by Tubman on the front of the $20 bill, with Jackson appearing on the reverse . Lew simultaneously announced that the five - and ten - dollar bills would also be redesigned in the coming years and put into production in the next decade . </P> <P> On August 31, 2017, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that he would not commit to putting Tubman on the twenty - dollar bill, explaining "People have been on the bills for a long period of time . This is something we'll consider; right now we have a lot more important issues to focus on ." </P>

Who appeared in the $20 bill in 1875