Ben franklin bio wiki

  • Benjamin franklin family
  • Benjamin franklin wife
  • What was benjamin franklin famous for

    • •

    Benjamin Franklin

    American polymath and statesman (–)

    "Ben Franklin" redirects here. For other uses, see Benjamin Franklin (disambiguation).

    Benjamin Franklin

    FRS FRSA FRSE

    Portrait by Joseph Duplessis,

    In office
    October 18, &#;– November 5,
    Vice President
    Preceded byJohn Dickinson
    Succeeded byThomas Mifflin
    In office
    September 28, &#;– April 3,
    Appointed byCongress of the Confederation
    Preceded byPosition established
    Succeeded byJonathan Russell
    In office
    March 23, &#;– May 17,
    Appointed byContinental Congress
    Preceded byPosition established
    Succeeded byThomas Jefferson
    In office
    July 26, &#;– November 7,
    Preceded byPosition established
    Succeeded byRichard Bache
    In office
    May &#;– October
    In office
    August 10, &#;– January 31,
    Preceded byPosition established
    Succeeded byVacant
    In office
    May &#;– October
    Preceded

    •

    Benjamin Franklin

    "Franklin" redirects here. For other uses, see Franklin (disambiguation).

    Benjamin Franklin

    In office
    October 18, &#;– November 5,
    Vice PresidentCharles Biddle
    Thomas Mifflin
    Preceded byJohn Dickinson
    Succeeded byThomas Mifflin
    In office
    September 14, &#;– May 17,

    Serving with Arthur Lee, Silas Deane, and John Adams

    Appointed byContinental Congress
    Preceded byNew office
    Succeeded byThomas Jefferson
    In office
    September 28, &#;– April 3,
    Appointed byCongress of the Confederation
    Preceded byNew office
    Succeeded byJonathan Russell
    In office
    July 26, &#;– November 7,
    Appointed byContinental Congress
    Preceded byNew office
    Succeeded byRichard Bache
    In office
    May &#;– October
    Preceded byIsaac Norris
    Succeeded byIsaac Norris
    In office
    –
    In office
    –
    Born()January 17,
    Boston, Massachusetts Bay
    DiedApril 17
  • ben franklin bio wiki

    • •

    A Quick Biography of
    Benjamin Franklin



    Francis Folger Franklin, Ben's son.
    (Posthumous painting. Artist and date unknown)

    Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston on January 17, He was the tenth son of soap maker, Josiah Franklin. Benjamin's mother was Abiah Folger, the second wife of Josiah. In all, Josiah would father 17 children.

    Josiah intended for Benjamin to enter into the clergy. However, Josiah could only afford to send his son to school for one year and clergymen needed years of schooling. But, as young Benjamin loved to read he had him apprenticed to his brother James, who was a printer. After helping James compose pamphlets and set type which was grueling work, year-old Benjamin would sell their products in the streets.

    Apprentice Printer

    When Benjamin was 15 his brother started The New England Courant the first "newspaper" in Boston. Though there were two papers in the city before James's Courant, they only reprinted news from abroad. James's paper carried a