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Frederick A.C. Muhlenberg

Frederick Muhlenberg
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1st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
In office
December 2, 1793 – March 4, 1795
President George Washington
Preceded by Office created
Succeeded by Jonathan Trumbull Jr
In office
April 1, 1789 – March 4, 1791
President George Washington
Preceded by Office created
Succeeded by Jonathan Trumbull Jr.
1st Dean of the United States House of Representatives
In office
March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1797
Preceded by Title Established
Succeeded by Thomas Hartley
George Thatcher
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania
In office
March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1797
Preceded by District created
Succeeded by Blair McClenachan
Constituency At-large (1789-1791)
2nd district (1791-1793)
At-large (1793-1795)
2nd district (1795-1797)
Personal details
Born Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg
(1750-01-01)January 1, 1750
Trappe, Province of Pennsylvania
Died June 4, 1801(1801-06-04) (aged 51)
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Political party Pro-Administration (before 1791)
Anti-Administration (1791-1795)
Democratic-Republican (1795-1801)
Alma mater University of Halle-Wittenberg
Profession Minister of religion
Religion Lutheran
Signature
Official name Frederick A. C. Muhlenberg (1750-1801)
Type Roadside
Designated April 12, 2008
Location 151 W Main St., Trappe, across from strip mall

Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg (/ˈmjuːlnbɜːrɡ/; January 1, 1750 – June 4, 1801) was an American minister and politician who was the first Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. A delegate to the Pennsylvania state constitutional convention and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania and a Lutheran pastor by profession, Muhlenberg was born in Trappe, Pennsylvania. His home, known as The Speaker's House, is now a museum and is currently undergoing restoration to restore its appearance during Muhlenberg's occupancy.

Frederick Muhlenberg was born in Trappe, Pennsylvania, the son of Anna Maria (Weiser) and Heinrich Melchior Mühlenberg. His father, an immigrant from Germany, was considered the founder of the Lutheran Church in America. His maternal grandfather was Pennsylvania German colonial leader Conrad Weiser. His brother, Peter, was a General in the Continental Army and his brother Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst was a botanist.

In 1763, together with his brothers John Peter Gabriel and Gotthilf Henry Ernst, he attended the Latina at the Franckesche Stiftungen in Halle, Germany. In 1769, he attended the University of Halle, where he studied theology. He was ordained by the Pennsylvania Ministerium as a minister of the Lutheran Church on October 25, 1770. He preached in Stouchsburg, Pennsylvania, and Lebanon, Pennsylvania, from 1770 to 1774, and in New York City from 1774 to 1776. When the British entered New York at the onset of the American Revolutionary War, he felt obliged to leave and returned to Trappe. He moved to New Hanover Township, Pennsylvania and was pastor there and in Oley and New Goshenhoppen until August 1779.


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