OVERVIEW:
FULL NAME:
Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg
BORN:
January 1, 1750,
Trappe, Pennsylvania
DIED:
June 4, 1801,
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
EDUCATION:
University of Halle, Germany
POLITICAL PARTY:
Pro-Administration (before 1791)
Anti-Administration (1791–1795)
Democratic-Republican (1795–1801)
HIGHLIGHTS:
1770:
Ordained Minister of Lutheran Church
1770-1774:
Preached in Stouchsburg and Lebanon, Pennsylvania
1774-1776:
Preached in New York City
1779-1780:
Delegate to the Continental Congress
1780-1783:
Member/ Speaker, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
1787:
Delegate/ President, Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention
1789-1797
Member, U.S. House of Representatives
1789-1791, 1793-1795:
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
1800-1801:
Receiver General, Pennsylvania Land Office
President of the Council of Censors of Pennsylvania
RESOURCES:
House of Representatives
Biographical Directory of Congress
The Speaker’s House
Wikipedia
The Speaker’s House (Trappe, PA)
The First Speaker of the House (House of Representatives)
The Opening of the First Congress in New York City (House of Representatives)
The First Quorum of the House of Representatives (House of Representatives)
PORTRAIT: