Poll: Eleanor Roosevelt Tops List For Woman Wanted On New $10 Bill

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) --  If most Americans had their way, one former first lady would be the first woman to adorn the new $10 bill.

More than one in four Americans said that Eleanor Roosevelt should be the woman featured on the U.S. Treasury Department's redesigned note, according to a new Marist poll.

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Harriet Tubman was the second most popular choice, followed by Sacagawea, Susan B. Anthony, Amelia Earhart and Sandra Day O'Connor.

The Treasury Department has asked the public to weigh in with ideas.

"In keeping with that theme, the U.S. Department of the Treasury is asking the American people to share ideas, symbols, and designs for the new $10 note that reflect what democracy means to them. You can share your ideas by visiting thenew10.treasury.gov," the department said. Tweets may also be submitted with the hashtag #TheNew10, the department said.

The new bill is expected to debut in 2020, the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment that gave women the right to vote.

"America's currency is a way for our nation to make a statement about who we are and what we stand for. Our paper bills—and the images of great American leaders and symbols they depict—have long been a way for us to honor our past and express our values," Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew said in a statement. "We have only made changes to the faces on our currency a few times since bills were first put into circulation, and I'm proud that the new 10 will be the first bill in more than a century to feature the portrait of a woman."

Alexander Hamilton, the founder of the Federalist Party and the first U.S. Treasury secretary under George Washington, currently appears on the $10 bill.