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Frederick Muhlenberg (view source)
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, 14:31, November 30, 2015Biography (1889)
'''Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg'''(1750 - 1801) was a Lutheran minister, a delegate to the Pennsylvania state constitutional Convention, and the first [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]].<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=m001063 MUHLENBERG, Frederick Augustus Conrad]</ref>
'''Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg'''(January 2, 1750 - June 4, 1801) was a Lutheran minister, a delegate to the Pennsylvania state constitutional Convention, and the first [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]].<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=m001063 MUHLENBERG, Frederick Augustus Conrad]</ref>
==Early Life==
He was born in Trappe, Pennsylvania on January 2, 1750. He was educated at Halle,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=xHLxtNwBS5QC&pg=PA428 The Pennsylvania-German in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1783]</ref> and held pastorates in Pennsylvania and New York City.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=3ksOAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA30 Proceedings and Addresses, Volume 10, Part 2]</ref>
==Career==
He became a member of the [[Continental Congress]] in 1779 and 1780, and served in the US House of Representatives from 1789 to 1797, during which time he was twice elected as Speaker.
==Passing==
He died at Lancaster, Pennsylvania June 4, 1801.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=cyIFYA7Ii3MC&pg=PA441 Supplement to Encyclopædia Britannica (ninth Edition): A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, Volume 4]</ref>
==Refererences==
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==External Links==
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=hohPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA290 University of Pennsylvania: Its History, Influence, Equipment and Characteristics; with Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Founders, Benefactors, Officers and Alumni, Volume 1]
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