History: As the then-Secretary of the Treasury, whose face was the first to appear on the $1 bill?
Answer Samuel Chase
Believe it or not, Washington's mug was not the first one to be represented on the $1 bill. That honor went to Salmon P. Chase, who designed the first banknotes during the Civil War and so honored himself by plastering his image on the notes.
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