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)

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