United StatesQuestion 68 (2008 list) · Colonial period and independence
What is one thing Benjamin Franklin is famous for?
- aFirst Vice President of the United States
- bFirst Chief Justice of the United States
- cFirst Secretary of State of the United States
- dFirst Postmaster General of the United StatesCorrect answer
Why?
Benjamin Franklin was the first Postmaster General of the United States. You could also say he was a U.S. diplomat, the oldest member of the Constitutional Convention, the writer of “Poor Richard’s Almanac,” or that he started the first free libraries.
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