Muhlenberg family

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A portrait of Henry Muhlenberg, Template:Circa

The Muhlenberg 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 of Ohio by the early nineteenth century.<ref>Hess, Stephen. America's Political Dynasties, pp. 146, 158-162, 637, 659-660, 688, 697, 718, 722-723, 731. London and New York: Routledge, 2017.</ref>

The German American family descends from Henry Muhlenberg (1711–1787), a German immigrant, influential Lutheran minister, and founder of the first Lutheran synod in America.<ref>Kennedy, Will P. "Capital Sidelights." Washington, D.C.: The Sunday Star, October 11, 1942, p. 27 (subscription required).</ref>

Noted members of the Muhlenberg family include:

• Peter Muhlenberg (1746–1807) minister, Continental Army general, U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator<ref>Horn, Joshua. "Peter Muhlenberg: The Pastor Turned Soldier," in Journal of the American Revolution, November 9, 2015.</ref>
• Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg was the name of several members of the family:
  • Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg (1750–1801), member of the Continental Congress, first Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives<ref>Minardi, Lisa. "Frederick Muhlenberg," in Immigrant Entrepreneurship: German-American Business Biographies, 1720 to the Present, vol. 1, edited by Marianne S. Wokeck. German Historical Institute, retrieved online October 27, 2022.</ref>
  • Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg (educator) (1818–1901), president of Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania<ref>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.</ref>
  • Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg (1887–1980) architect, founder of Muhlenberg Greene Architects, U.S. Congressman, and World War I and World War II soldier<ref>Tatman, Sandra L. "Muhlenberg, Frederick Augustus," in Philadelphia Architects and Buildings. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Athenaeum of Philadelphia, retrieved online October 27, 2022.</ref>
• Gotthilf Henry Ernest Muhlenberg (1753–1815), botanist<ref>"Gotthilf Henrich Ernst Muhlenberg," in "Henry Ernest Muhlenberg papers." Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, retrieved online October 28, 2022.</ref>
• Maria Salome Muhlenberg (1766–1827), youngest daughter of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg and wife of U..S Congressman Matthias Richards (1758-1830); interred at the Charles Evans Cemetery in Reading, Pennsylvania<ref>"Mrs. Maria Salome Richards" (obituary). Reading, Pennsylvania: Berks and Schuylkill Journal, March 17, 1827, p. 3.</ref>
• Henry A. P. Muhlenberg (1782–1844), U.S. Congressman and U.S. minister to Austria<ref>"Biographical Memoir of the Late Henry A. Muhlenberg," in The United States Democratic Review, vol. 16, issue 79, p. 73. J.& H.G. Langley, etc., January 1845.</ref>
• Francis Swaine Muhlenberg (1795–1831), U.S. Congressman<ref>"Muhlenberg, Francis Swaine" (biography), in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Washington, D.C.: United States Congress, retrieved online October 27, 2022.</ref>
• William Augustus Mühlenberg (1796–1877), Episcopal priest, school founder, and philanthropist<ref>Woolverton, John Frederic. "William Augustus Muhlenberg and the Founding of St. Paul's College," in Historical Magazine of the Protestant Episcopal Church, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 192-216. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Historical Society of the Episcopal Church, 1960.</ref>
• Henry Augustus Muhlenberg (1823–1854), U.S. Congressman<ref>"Muhlenberg, Henry Augustus" (biography), in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Washington, D.C.: United States Congress, retrieved online October 27, 2022.</ref>
• Frederick Hunter Muhlenberg II (1865–1933), architect<ref>"Frederick H. Muhlenberg Dies Suddenly in Reading." Allentown, Pennsylvania: The Morning Call, June 19, 1933.</ref>
• Charles Henry Muhlenberg IV (1870–1960), architect<ref>"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).</ref>
• Charles Henry Muhlenberg V (1899–1985), architect and member of the Reading, Pennsylvania Planning Commission<ref>"Architect, ex-planner for Reading dies at 85" (obituary). Reading, Pennsylvania: The Reading Eagle, March 9, 1985, p. 15.</ref>

The Muhlenbergs were related to the Hiester family.<ref>Hess, America's Political Dynasties, pp. 146, 158-162, 637, 659-660, 688, 697, 722-723, 731.</ref>

Other descendants

• Matthias Richards (1758–1830), U.S. Congressman<ref>"Richards, Matthias," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress." Washington, D.C.: United States Congress, retrieved online October 28, 2022.</ref>
  • Henry Melchior Muhlenberg Richards (1848–1935), American military officer<ref>Wallace, Paul A. W. The Muhlenbergs of Pennsylvania, p. 245. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1950.</ref>
• John Andrew Shulze (1775–1852), Pennsylvania governor<ref>"Governor John Andrew Schulze" (biography). Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, retrieved online October 27, 2022.</ref>