Politico reports that abolitionist Harriet Tubman will replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill, with founding father Alexander Hamilton remaining on the front of the $10.

The Treasury Department announced last spring that it would issue new 10s in the year 2020 with a woman on the front, demoting Hamilton to the reverse side of the bills or keeping him in future circulation with a separately issued series. The decision prompted pushback from Hamilton’s defenders, including THE WEEKLY STANDARD’s Jay Cost, noting the “embarrassment” that treasury would need a reminder of why Hamilton, the nation’s first treasury secretary, was so essential:

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