Why in the world is Andrew Jackson on the dollar bill?? I mean didn't he want to get rid of the central bank?

Question

Ironic isn't it. Or if someone has an explanation to this strange situation, I'll gladly lend my ears to you.

Answer 1

Perhaps someone in the Treasury when that decision was made had a strong sense of irony.  According to the US Treasury website:

Treasury Department records do not reveal the reason that portraits of these particular statesmen were chosen in preference to those of other persons of equal importance and prominence.

http://www.moneyfactory.gov/document.cfm...