Benjamin Franklin

He attended Boston Latin School but did not graduate. Franklin publicly acknowledged an illegitimate son named William, who would eventually become the last Loyalist governor of New Jersey.

Those could be considered "personal failures". I am not sure if you were looking for personal or professional failures

Benjamin Franklin drew and first published his "Join or Die" cartoon in his Pennsylvania Gazette on May 9, 1754. It was the earliest pictorial representation of the desire to form "a union" among the colonists and the separate colonies.

As both the voice of the Revolution, senior statesman and Ambassador without portfolio to Europe.

Poor Richards Almanac published between 1732 and 1758

I found out that Ben Franklin NEVER did fly a kite

His father pulled him out of school at 7 or 8 years old and made him an apprentice to his older brother in the printing business. Ben like to read and invent even as a child and his father often tried to stop that as well and he had to hide his books from his father.

The first Postmaster General of the United States

Started the first free library

Oldest member of the Constitutional Convention

Writer of Poor Richard's Almanac

U.S. Diplomat

the lightning rod

He really discovered that electricity could be contained by his lightning rod invention.

Other people might think that bifocals were his most important invention. Or maybe the Franklin stove. They all are really important.

Benjamin Franklin was an inventor and a very important man in the United States history.

He was a soapmaker. It's not Benjamen, it's B-E-N-J-A-M-I-N.

When ben Franklin got shocked the people thought that he was just another person who got shocked. Just like when Alexander Gram Bell invented the telephone (i think) then people probably didn't believe him until it worked. But when Franklin discovered electricity, and it worked, people loved him because they could see and they didn't need lanterns anymore.

Ben Franklin was 17 years old when he left Boston for Philadelphia.

Yes, his daughter Sarah Franklin Bache married Richard Bache on October 29, 1767.

Benjamin made this model pistol from 1946 to 1985. This was a very popular model.

Yes, Benjamin Franklin did attend the Constitutional Convention.

what type of leader was this person (goverment,military,or civilian)? well he is not even one of thoughs he is a patriot

he convinced the french to help them i think. and he helped write the declaration of Independence

Franklin had eight grandchildren: William Temple, who was the son of William Franklin, and the seven children of Sally (Franklin) Bache, named: Benjamin, William, Betsy, Louis, Deborah, Richard, and Sarah.

No. In 1787 he was 81 and he was in poor health, so in the election of 1789 he declined, not to mention that it was generally assumed Washington would take the presidency. He died before the next election.

Ben Franklins character trait is trust , loyalty, hopefull

He claimed to have suggested the phrase, "self evident" in place of Jefferson's original, "sacred and undeniable." Michael Montagne

He was the colonies' ambassador to France and convinced the French government to fight alongside the Americans against the British. He published pro-American books and a newspaper. He served on the Continental Congress. He was instrumental in the planning of our system of government. He was one of the Founding Fathers and one of the American representatives signing the Treaty of Versailles. Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers and a genius. He was the colonies' ambassador to France and convinced the French government to fight alongside the Americans against the British. He published pro-American books and a newspaper. He served on the Continental Congress. He was instrumental in the planning of our system of government. He was one of the Founding Fathers and one of the American representatives signing the Treaty of Versailles. Benjamin Franklin was a successful, impressive, and inspiring politician, statesman, author, publisher, scientist, and philosopher. He was one of the Founding Fathers and actually came up with the system of government outlined in the Constitution. It would take practically forever to list all of his accomplishments and impacts, but some are as follows: - inventing bi-focal glasses - inventing the glass armonica (a musical instrument) - serving in the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention - inventing the Franklin Stove - inventing the lightning rod and not getting a patent, so as to make them affordable - proving lightning electricity which can be harnessed with his kite and key experiment (a risk to his life) - starting a lending library - publishing Poor Richard's Almanac and the Pennsylvania Gazette - serving as the first American ambassador to France and persuading the French to join with the Americans against the British in the Revolutionary War

Ben Franklin showed skills like eating, kissing, flirting, and looking at his own apperance in his mirror. He spent hours accessorizing and posing for his wife. That is what I read on Wikipedia.

It was all the delegates that would come and the Speaker of the House, Vice President and the first president.

Yes he was funny because when i was in Elementary School my teacher said that he pulled a prank on his older brother.