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  Frederick Muhlenberg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg (January 1, 1750 - June 4, 1801), American politician, was the first speaker of the United States House of Representatives, elected April 1, 1789.
Muhlenberg was a member of the Continental Congress in 1779 and 1780, and served in the State house of representatives from 1780-1783 and was elected speaker November 3, 1780.
Muhlenberg was also president of the council of censors of Pennsylvania, and was appointed receiver general of the Pennsylvania Land Office on January 8, 1800, and served until his death in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on June 4, 1801.
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 Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg (1887–1980) was an American military and political leader, and a member of the Muhlenberg Family political dynasty.
Muhlenberg was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, in Berks County on September 25, 1887.
He was the great great grandson of Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg and the great great grand nephew of John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg.
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 Frederick Muhlenberg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg (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 and a Representative from Pennsylvania and a Lutheran pastor by trade, Muhlenberg was born in Trappe, Pennsylvania.
His father, Henry Muhlenberg, an immigrant from Germany, is considered the founder of the Lutheran Church in America.
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 John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg - LoveToKnow Watches
JOHN PETER GABRIEL MUHLENBERG (1746-1807), American preacher and soldier, son of H. Muhlenberg (q.v.), was born at Trappe, Pennsylvania, on the 1st of October 1746.
His brother, Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg (1750-1801), became his father's assistant in Philadelphia in 1770; was pastor of the Christ (or Swamp) German Lutheran Church of New York City from 1773 to 1776; and in 1777-1779 was assistant to his father at New Hanover.
Gotthilf's SOn, Henry Augustus Muhlenberg (1782-1844), was pastor of a Lutheran Church in Reading, Pennsylvania, in 1802-1828, was a Democratic representative in Congress in 18291838, and was United States minister to Austria in 1838-1840.
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MUHLENBERG, JOHN PETER GABRIEL (1746–1807), American preacher and soldier, son of H. Muhlenberg (q.v.), was born at Trappe, Pennsylvania, on the 1st of October 1746.
His brother, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS CONRAD MUHLENBERG (1750-1801), became his father's assistant in Philadelphia in 1770; was pastor of the Christ (or Swamp) German Lutheran Church of New York City from 1773 to 1776; and in 1777–1779 was assistant to his father at New Hanover.
Gotthilf's son, HENRY AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG (1782-1844), was pastor of a Lutheran Church in Reading, Pennsylvania, in 1802-1828, was a Democratic representative in Congress in 1829-1838, and was United States minister to Austria in 1838-184o.
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 Cazoo.org: German-American Cultural Center
Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, was named in honor of a family that played an extraordinary role in American history.
Here, "it was due to Muhlenberg and a few others that the Germans did not stand aside in those months in which the spirit of freedom took root in Virginia." He was subsequently always in the forefront of the anti-colonialist movement.
Muhlenberg was active in the German Society of Pennsylvania (founded in 1774) whose purpose was to aid poor and exploited German immigrants.
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 HighBeam Encyclopedia - Mühlenberg, Heinrich Melchior   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Although he was raised a Lutheran and studied for the Lutheran ministry, he was ordained an Episcopalian to insure his legal status as a clergyman in Woodstock, Va. In 1776 he left his church in Woodstock to raise and lead a regiment in the American Revolution.
Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg, 1750-1801, Lutheran clergyman and legislator, second son of Heinrich, also was born at Trappe, Pa., and educated at Halle.
Muhlenberg was a delegate (1779-80) to the Continental Congress and a member (1789-97) of the House of Representatives, twice serving as speaker.
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 Henry Melchior Muhlenberg
Muhlenberg was married, 23 April, 1745, to a daughter of J. Conrad Weiser, of Tulpehoken, the well-known Indian interpreter.
Muhlenberg was the father of eleven children.--His son, John Peter Gabriel, patriot, born in Trappe, Pennsylvania, 1 October, 1746 ; died near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1 October, 1807, was sent when he was sixteen years of age, with his two brothers, to be educated in Germany.
See "The Life and Work of William Augustus Muhlenberg," by Anne Ayres (New York, 1880).--Gotthilf's grandson, Frederick Augustus, educator, son of Frederick A. Muhlenberg, M. D., born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 25 August, 1818, was graduated at Jefferson college in 1836, and at Princeton theological seminary in 1838.
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 The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Mozer to Mulleague
Muhlenberg, Frederick Augustus Conrad (1750-1801) — of Pennsylvania.
Brother of John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg; uncle of Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg and Francis Swaine Muhlenberg; great-great-grandfather of Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg.
Brother of Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg; uncle of Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg; father of Francis Swaine Muhlenberg; great-great-granduncle of
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 Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, Colonel, United States Army & Member of Congress
Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, who was interred in Arlington National Cemetery in January 1980, was the great-great grandson of Major General John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg, whose statue is in the Rotunda of the Capital, Washington, D.
John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg's brother was Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg, Speaker of the first and third House of Representatives, and the first signer of the Bill of Rights.
He was the great-great-grandson of Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg and the great-great-grandnephew of John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg, a Representative from Pennsylvania; He was born in Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, September 25, 1887 and attended the public schools.
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Frederick Muhlenberg was born in Trappe in 1750 and died in Lancaster in 1801.
With completion of the purchase of the Muhlenberg House, the next goal of Save the Speaker's House is to raise funds to restore the house to the period of Muhlenberg's occupancy from 1781-1799.
The Frederick Muhlenberg House is located within the Schuylkill River National & State Heritage Area and is part of the Heritage Conservancy of Montgomery County's designated Lasting Landscapes® and the Route 113 Heritage Corridor.
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 Muhlenberg, Frederick
Muhlenberg, Frederick A. (1750-1801) Speaker of the House: Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg was born on January 1, 1750, in Trappe, Pennsylvania.
In 1787, he was a delegate and president of the state convention to ratify the US Constitution.
Muhlenberg was elected to the US House of Representatives, and served in four terms (1789-1797).
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 Henry Melchior Muhlenberg
MUHLENBERG, HENRY MELCHIOR (1711-1787), GermanAmerican Lutheran clergyman, was born in Einbeck, Hanover, on the 6th of September 1711.
Muhlenberg occupied himself more particularly with the congregation at New Providence~ (now Trappe), though he was practically overseer of all the Lutheran churches from New York to Maryland.
Muhlenberg married in 1745 Anna Maria Weiser, daughter of J. Conrad Weiser, a well-known Indian interpreter, and herself said to have had Indian blood in her veins; by her he had eleven children.
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 The Times Herald - Speaker helps save House   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Muhlenberg served as a member of the Continental Congress and was the first signer of the Bill of Rights to the U.S. Constitution in 1789.
In the U.S. Congress, Muhlenberg cast the tie-breaking vote in 1796 as chairman of a House committee to ratify the Jay Treaty.
Muhlenberg was stabbed in Philadelphia by his brother-in-law over his vote, but survived and lived until 1801, Muhlenberg died in Lancaster while serving as Receiver General of the Pennsylvania Land Office.
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 Montgomery Chapter LXXII
Father Muhlenberg, during the Revolution, complains that there was then no hotel in the place, while before, when there was not one-half as much travel, the village boasted of three public-houses.
OLIVER PETER SMITH, A.M., son of Frederick and Mary Smith, was born September 4, 1848, at New Tripoli, Lehigh Co., Pa., and is the youngest of eight children.
Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg was born at Trappe January 2, 1750.
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 Brujula.Net - Your Latin Stating Point   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
A Delegate and a Representative from Pennsylvania and a
Muhlenberg was a member of the Continental Congress in 1779 and 1780, and served in the State house of representatives from 1780-
Muhlenberg was also president of the council of censors of Pennsylvania, and was appointed receiver general of the Pennsylvania Land Office on January 8,
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 HOUSE RESOLUTION 276 P.N. 3055   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In 1802 he was 10 appointed Collector of the Port of Philadelphia, the 11 position he held at his death October 1, 1807.
His statue stands in 13 Statuary Hall in the Nation's Capitol; and 14 WHEREAS, Frederick Muhlenberg's prominent role in the 15 founding of the United States can be summarized as follows: 16 Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg, second son of Henry 17 and Anna, was born January 1, 1750.
After six years of 18 theological studies in Germany, he returned to Trappe, 19 was ordained in 1770 and served parishes in Berks County 20 and Lebanon County.
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 Archontology.org: History of MUHLENBERG, Frederick Augustus Conrad: presidents, kings, prime ministers, biography, ...
As a Lutheran clergyman, Frederick Muhlenberg was pastor of various churches in Pennsylvania and pastor (1773-1776) of Christ (Lutheran) Church, New York City.
He was elected to the U.S. Congress (4 Mar 1789 - 3 Mar 1797) and twice served as Speaker of the House of Representatives (1 Apr 1789 - 3 Mar 1791, 2 Dec 1793 - 3 Mar 1795).
Muhlenberg was appointed receiver general of the Pennsylvania Land Office (8 Jan 1800) and served until his death.
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 Welcome to Fox Heath Homeowners Association
His eldest son, John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg, became a major general in the Continental Army, was a vice-president of Pennsylvania and a U.S. representative.
Another son, Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg, served various Lutheran congregations until he was elected to the Continental Congress in 1779.
Lower Frederick Township and Upper Frederick Township were formed in 1919 with the division of Frederick Township.
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 Henry Melchior Muhlenberg 7 October 1787   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Henry Melchior Muhlenberg is the principal organizer of American Lutheranism.
Another, Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg, became a member of the Continental Congress, and first speaker of the House of Representatives.
Henry Melchior Muhlenberg died 7 October 1787, and is buried at Trappe, Pennsylvania.
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 American Memory from the Library of Congress - Browse by
Frederick A. Packard to James Madison, November 20, 1830.
Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg to James Madison, June 17, 1798.
Frederick Jacob Wichelhausen to James Madison, December 7, 1805.
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 The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod - Christian Cyclopedia
Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg (January 1, 1750–June 4, 1801).
Son of Henry Muhlenberg, who was a son of F. Muhlenberg (see par.
Muhlenberg, The Life of Major General Peter Muhlenberg of the Revolutionary Army (Philadelphia, 1849); P.
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 [Memorandum] 1797 regarding the statements of Mr. Muhlenberg & Mr. Monroe regarding the James Reynolds affair / ...
Hamilton notes that Muhlenberg and Monroe expressed satisfaction at his explanations and regretted the trouble they had occasioned for Hamilton.
Hamilton's public opposition to Aaron Burr's gubernatorial candidacy in New York resulted in a challenge from Burr, and in the ensuing duel Hamilton was fatally wounded.
Frederick Muhlenberg was a preacher and politician, member of the Continental Congress (1779-80) and the House of Representatives (1789-1797) where he was the Speaker of the House for the first and third Congresses.
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 German American Corner: MÜHLENBERG, Henry Melchior (1711-1787)
John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg (1746-1807), Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg (1750-1801), and Gotthilf Henry Ernest Mühlenberg (1753-1815), all b.
Frederick Augustus, ordained (1770), was a member of Continental Congress (1779-80); member of U.S. House of Representatives (1789-97) and first speaker.
A grandson of Frederick Augustus Conrad William Augustus (1796-1877) was a Protestant Episcopal clergyman (from 1820); rector in New York City (1846-58); founder of first American order of deaconesses (1852) and of St. Luke' s Hospital, New York, with which he was associated from 1858; author of a number of hymns.
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 The Speaker's House :: The Home of Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg
Four years of effort, which have included the support of Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, have culminated in the successful purchase of the historic Frederick Muhlenberg House in Trappe, Pennsylvania, on April 1.
The Conrad Weiser Homestead features the small, 18th century frontier residence of Conrad Weiser, a pivotal figure in Colonial Pennsylvania, who served as ambassador and interpreter to the Iroquois Nation.
The mission of the Peter Wentz Farmstead Society is to preserve and interpret an 18th century Pennsylvania German farmstead, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, by stimulating public interest and support of the site's heritage through educational programs and public events focusing on the architecture, crafts, customs and furnishings of the period.
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