Me and my brother were wondering if Benjamin Franklin was a president. If he wasn't then why is he in the 100 dollar bill?
I already know that he was a smart man and I already know that he was sort of a scientist. But I was just asking if he was president.
Mimzy
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No he wasn't a president, he was America's first Millionaire. He created the US postal system and the first circulating libraries in the US. He invented among other things bifocal glasses, a version of an indoor toilet and a wood stove. He never took a patent on any inventions so that the maximum number of people could benefit from them. In addition to all this he helped craft the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. He was America's first ambassador to France. He owned and franchised many of his printing presses, a concept that was unheard of prior to his doing so. At least one printing press was franchised to a women and Ben says in his Autobiography that he is sure she would do a better job running it then her husband did. All in all he was a great American and the reason he's on the hundred dollar bill is because we don't have a thousand dollar bill.
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Was Benjamin Franklin a president?
Me and my brother were wondering if Benjamin Franklin was a president. If he wasn't then why is he in the 100 dollar bill?
Stan Dalone
No, he was never president. But he was one of the major Founding Fathers. He was involved on the Declaration Committee and took part in the Constitutional Convention. He was an elder among the Founding Fathers.
He also served as our representative to France during the Revolution, which was hugely important. We don't like to talk about this because we prefer to think we did it all ourselves, but without the French the American Revolution would have failed. Franklin kept the guns and money coming from Louis XVI's court, and after the Battle of Saratoga he convinced them to join our side--which meant declaring war on Britain. He also skillfully defused their anger when we stiffed them in 1783 by working out good terms for us with the British but leaving out the French.
Also, he's not the only non-president on our currency. Alexander Hamilton is on the $10 bill.
Buckbeak
He was never president, but he's on the 100 dollar bill because he had a huge roll in developing he nation along with Washington and Thomas Jefferson. He was one of the framers of the Constitution and helped to set up the government system that we still use now. He's also on the 100 dollar bill because the $1 and $5 and $10 are used more commonly so more people see them more often and those do have presidents on them.