Reagan $50 Bill?

clipped from www.cnn.com The $50 question: Grant or Reagan? Should Ulysses S. Grant, the legendary Union general and 18th president of the United States, be bumped from his 96-year stint on the $50 bill? Yes, according to one North Carolina Republican. Rep. Patrick McHenry announced that he will introduce a measure that would replace Grant's face with Ronald Reagan's, just in time for the 40th president's 100th birthday next February. McHenry says it's only logical for Reagan to replace Grant on the $50 bill because several historians have ranked Reagan as a much better president than Grant. McHenry specifically cites a 2005 Wall Street Journal survey of scholars who placed Reagan at No. 6 and Grant at No. 29. But not so fast, says Dr. John Marszalek, the executive director and managing editor of the Ulysses S. Grant Association. Calling him a "beacon" of the 19th century, Marszalek said Grant deserves to keep his prominent spot on America's currency.