History
Notable people
Financiers, economists, and the politicians who signed the statutes. One short page each, tied to the longer article already on this site.
- John LawFinancier · 1671–1729Regency France fused his note-issuing bank with Mississippi Company shares. Both broke in 1720.
- Adam SmithEconomist · 1723–1790In 1776 he still described gold and silver as the money trade had selected, and the Bank of Amsterdam as a bank that took coin and did not lend.
- Alexander HamiltonTreasury secretary · 1755–1804His 1791 mint report argued for a bimetallic dollar. The Coinage Act of 1792 wrote that into statute.
- Andrew JacksonPresident · 1767–1845In 1832 he vetoed a new charter for the Second Bank of the United States.
- Woodrow WilsonPresident · 1856–1924On 23 December 1913 he signed the Federal Reserve Act.
- Ludwig von MisesEconomist · 1881–1973He argued that a gold standard restrained the issuer. This page reports the argument. It does not adopt it.