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Peter Muhlenberg

Peter Muhlenberg
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United States Senator
from Pennsylvania
In office
March 4, 1801 – June 30, 1801
Preceded by William Bingham
Succeeded by George Logan
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 4th district
In office
March 4, 1799 – March 4, 1801
Preceded by John Chapman
Succeeded by Isaac Van Horne
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's at-large district
In office
March 4, 1793 – March 4, 1795
In office
March 4, 1789 – March 4, 1791
8th Vice-President of Pennsylvania
In office
October 31, 1787 – October 14, 1788
Preceded by Charles Biddle
Succeeded by David Redick
Personal details
Born John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg
(1746-10-01)October 1, 1746
Trappe, Pennsylvania
Died October 1, 1807(1807-10-01) (aged 61)
Gray's Ferry, Pennsylvania
Profession minister, politician, soldier
Religion Lutheran
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John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg (October 1, 1746 – October 1, 1807) was an American clergyman, Continental Army soldier during the American Revolutionary War, and political figure in the newly independent United States. A Lutheran minister, he served in the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate from Pennsylvania.

Muhlenberg was born to Pennsylvania German parents Anna Maria and Henry Muhlenberg in Trappe, Pennsylvania. He was sent, together with his brothers, Frederick Augustus and Gotthilf Henry Ernst in 1763 to Halle. They were educated in Latin at the Francke Foundations. He left school in 1767 to start as a sales assistant in Lübeck, but returned that same year to Pennsylvania.

He served briefly in the British 60th Regiment of Foot, and also served briefly in the German dragoons, earning the nickname "Teufel Piet" (Devil Pete) before returning to Philadelphia in 1767, where he was given a classical education from the Academy of Philadelphia (the modern University of Pennsylvania). He was ordained in 1768 and headed a Lutheran congregation in Bedminster, New Jersey, before moving to . In 1770 he married Anna Barbara "Hannah" Meyer, the daughter of a successful potter. Together they had six children.


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