July 26

As if he didn’t have enough on his plate, on the 26th in 1775, the Continental Congress appointed Benjamin Franklin the first Postmaster-General of what was destined to become the United States. He only lasted slightly less than a year and a half in the position and was replaced by Richard Bache in November of 1776. It seems as if Franklin couldn’t really hold a job. He kept jumping all over the map: inventor, statesman, writer, diplomat, publisher, philanderer, scientist, gourmand (he weighed over 300 pounds when he died), musician, artist, he was all over the place. He just couldn’t stick to one thing for very long. He did have nice hair however, and every morning when I look in the bathroom mirror I like it more and more.