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but on the back of the 2 dollar bill he is obviously has a dark complexion. WHY?

2007-01-19 04:28:42 · 5 answers · asked by M M 1 in Arts & Humanities History

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Nobody on the back of the $2 bill looks particularly dark to me. Most have shadow lines, etc., but they are all obviously white. But, then again, it was July, so maybe some of them are a little sunburned.

2007-01-19 04:38:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1 1

Jon Hanson is shown as a white person because he is a white person.

As can be seen by the following John Hanson was “not” the first President of the United States:

The origin of the claim that Hanson is the "forgotten" first President stems from a 1932 book by Seymour Wemyss Smith titled John Hanson - Our First President. Nevertheless, officially Hanson was the third presiding officer of the Congress of the United States, and he considered himself a successor to the first two men to hold the office, Samuel Huntington and Thomas McKean, who themselves were successors to prior Presidents of the Second Continental Congress. Nor was the office an executive position like the office of President that was created under the Constitution.

Hanson was, however, the first to serve a full one-year term, and the first to formally use the title President of the United States in Congress Assembled. Also, he was the first to use the shortened title President of the United States on official documents.
Hanson was also the first person to be elected to the office of "President of the United States in Congress Assembled" after the British surrender in America's Revolutionary War. This, coupled with his being the first to use the title in government correspondence and ceremony, is very likely one of the prime reasons some have viewed him as being differently situated than Samuel Huntington (who already held the office of Continental Congress President when the Articles were adopted) and Thomas McKean (who was the first to begin the office pursuant to a new election held under the Articles, but prior to the surrender of the British).

Neither is he on the 2 dollar bill, Thomas Jefferson is on the front and the signing of the declaration of Independence is on the back.

2007-01-19 07:23:08 · answer #2 · answered by Randy 7 · 0 0

We have not had a president named John Hanson. The front of the bill has Thomas Jefferson. The back is a painting of the signing of the Declaation of Independence by artist Jon Trumbull.

Although John Hancock had the first and largest signature of the Declaration of Independence, he was never president of the US (but he was pres of a continental congress). He was a white man.

As of today, all of our presidents have been caucasian

2007-01-19 04:40:02 · answer #3 · answered by gauchogirl 5 · 0 1

John Hanson isnt on the two dollar bill, Pres. Jefferson is. Look at one and learn to read.

2007-01-19 05:03:18 · answer #4 · answered by tom 3 · 0 1

Who is John Hanson?

2007-01-19 05:06:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

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