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American family

TheMuhlenberg family created a United States political, religious, and military dynasty that was primarily based in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, but which had also expanded into the State ofOhio by the early nineteenth century.^[1]

TheGerman American family descends fromHenry Muhlenberg (1711–1787), aGerman immigrant, influentialLutheran minister, and founder of the first Lutheran synod in America.^[2]

Noted members of the Muhlenberg family include:

Peter Muhlenberg (1746–1807) minister,Continental Army general, U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator^[3]
Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg was the name of several members of the family:
- Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg (1750–1801), member of theContinental Congress, firstSpeaker of the U.S. House of Representatives^[4]
- Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg (educator) (1818–1901), president ofMuhlenberg College inAllentown, Pennsylvania^[5]
- Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg (1887–1980) architect, founder ofMuhlenberg Greene Architects, U.S. Congressman, andWorld War I andWorld War II soldier^[6]
Gotthilf Henry Ernest Muhlenberg (1753–1815), botanist^[7]
Maria Salome Muhlenberg (1766–1827), youngest daughter of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg and wife of U..S CongressmanMatthias Richards (1758-1830); interred at theCharles Evans Cemetery in Reading, Pennsylvania^[8]
Henry A. P. Muhlenberg (1782–1844), U.S. Congressman and U.S. minister to Austria^[9]
Francis Swaine Muhlenberg (1795–1831), U.S. Congressman^[10]
William Augustus Mühlenberg (1796–1877), Episcopal priest, school founder, and philanthropist^[11]
Henry Augustus Muhlenberg (1823–1854), U.S. Congressman^[12]
Frederick Hunter Muhlenberg II (1865–1933), architect^[13]
Charles Henry Muhlenberg IV (1870–1960), architect^[14]
Charles Henry Muhlenberg V (1899–1985), architect and member of the Reading, Pennsylvania Planning Commission^[15]

The Muhlenbergs were related to theHiester family.^[16]

Other descendants

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Matthias Richards (1758–1830), U.S. Congressman^[17]
- Henry Melchior Muhlenberg Richards (1848–1935), American military officer^[18]
John Andrew Shulze (1775–1852),Pennsylvania governor^[19]

References

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^Kennedy, Will P. "Capital Sidelights." Washington, D.C.:The Sunday Star, October 11, 1942, p. 27 (subscription required).
^Horn, Joshua. "Peter Muhlenberg: The Pastor Turned Soldier," inJournal of the American Revolution, November 9, 2015.
^Minardi, Lisa. "Frederick Muhlenberg," inImmigrant Entrepreneurship: German-American Business Biographies, 1720 to the Present, vol. 1, edited by Marianne S. Wokeck. German Historical Institute, retrieved online October 27, 2022.
^Ochsenford, Solomon Erb.Muhlenberg College. A quarter-centennial memorial volume, being a history of the College and a record of its men, p. 171. Allentown, Pennsylvania: Muhlenberg College, 1892.
^Tatman, Sandra L. "Muhlenberg, Frederick Augustus," inPhiladelphia Architects and Buildings. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Athenaeum of Philadelphia, retrieved online October 27, 2022.
^"Gotthilf Henrich Ernst Muhlenberg," in "Henry Ernest Muhlenberg papers." Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, retrieved online October 28, 2022.
^"Mrs. Maria Salome Richards" (obituary). Reading, Pennsylvania:Berks and Schuylkill Journal, March 17, 1827, p. 3.
^"Biographical Memoir of the Late Henry A. Muhlenberg," inThe United States Democratic Review, vol. 16, issue 79, p. 73. J.& H.G. Langley, etc., January 1845.
^"Muhlenberg, Francis Swaine" (biography), inBiographical Directory of the United States Congress. Washington, D.C.: United States Congress, retrieved online October 27, 2022.
^Woolverton, John Frederic. "William Augustus Muhlenberg and the Founding of St. Paul's College," inHistorical Magazine of the Protestant Episcopal Church, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 192-216. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Historical Society of the Episcopal Church, 1960.
^"Muhlenberg, Henry Augustus" (biography), inBiographical Directory of the United States Congress. Washington, D.C.: United States Congress, retrieved online October 27, 2022.
^"Frederick H. Muhlenberg Dies Suddenly in Reading." Allentown, Pennsylvania:The Morning Call, June 19, 1933.
^"Charles H. Muhlenberg, Jr.," in the photo included with "Garden Spot High Is Dedicated." Lancaster, Pennsylvania:Daily Intelligencer Journal, February 27, 1920, p. 20 (subscription required).
^"Architect, ex-planner for Reading dies at 85" (obituary). Reading, Pennsylvania:The Reading Eagle, March 9, 1985, p. 15.
^Hess,America's Political Dynasties, pp. 146, 158-162, 637, 659-660, 688, 697, 722-723, 731.
^"Richards, Matthias," inBiographical Directory of the United States Congress." Washington, D.C.: United States Congress, retrieved online October 28, 2022.
^Wallace, Paul A. W.The Muhlenbergs of Pennsylvania, p. 245. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1950.
^"Governor John Andrew Schulze" (biography). Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, retrieved online October 27, 2022.