Why is Benjamin Franklin on the 100 dollar bill?

Hamilton was the first Secretary of the Treasury from 1789 to 1795 under George Washington and he is credited as the architect of the US economic system. A third non president on a US dollar note will be Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill scheduled to be in circulation by 2020. Franklin played a key role in building the nation. read more

One is Benjamin Franklin and the other is Alexander Hamilton on the $10 bill. Hamilton was the first Secretary of the Treasury from 1789 to 1795 under George Washington and he is credited as the architect of the US economic system. A third non president on a US dollar note will be Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill scheduled to be in circulation by 2020. read more

Benjamin Franklin appears on the $100 bill to commemorate the contributions he made to American history. As of 2014, the $100 bill is the highest-value note of American currency in circulation. read more

I'm no Historian, but I have read Franklin's Biography by Walter Isaacson. Before reading his biography I was very uninformed of the work he had performed to build this nation. read more