I te marama o Oketopa 1748, i tohua ia hei kaikaunihera, i te marama o Hune 1749 ka noho ia hei Kai-whakawa mo te Hau mo Philadelphia, a, i te tau 1751 ka pootihia ia ki te Runanga o Pennsylvania. I te 10 o Akuhata 1753, i tohua a Franklin hei kaiawhina o te rangatira o nga pou o British North America, (tirohia i raro nei). Ko tana mahi tino nui i roto i nga mahi a-rohe ko tana whakarereke i te punaha pou, me te tuku mēra i ia wiki.I te tau 1751, i whiwhi a Franklin raua ko Thomas Bond i tetahi ture mai i te whare ture o Pennsylvania ki te whakatu i tetahi hohipera. Ko te Pennsylvania Hospital te hohipera tuatahi i te mea ka waiho hei United States of America. Patai: I tehea tau i pootihia ai a Benjamin Franklin ki te mahi i te Runanga o Pennsylvania?
Ko te 1751