What if George Washington had refused the Presidency? It was well known he hated politics and he only served because he saw it as his duty. But what if he had been a little more selfish and out right refused? The only other person who was even close to him as far as popularity at the time was Benjamin Franklin who was beloved by the populace of the U.S for diplomatic and Scientific heroism. To me it makes sense that if Washington had not become the first president Franklin would have. What would a Franklin Presidency have looked like? What kind of polices and laws would he have tried to establish? He was a big fan of science and education so personally I see him as trying to establish a publicly funded university probably in Philadelphia. What other polices and or laws do you think Franklin would have pushed for? How would he have handled revolutionary France? (FYI Franklin died April 17th 1790 so if he had become president he would have had a little over a year in office.)
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