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A Delegate and a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Trappe, Pa., January 1, ; pursued an academic course; attended the University of Halle, Germany.
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Frederick Augustus Conrad Mühlenberg was an American minister and politician, who was the first Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
Background
Frederick Augustus Conrad Mühlenberg was born on January 1, 1750, at Trappe, Pennsylvania, the third child and second son of Henry Melchior Mühlenberg by his wife, Anna Maria Weiser, daughter of the younger John Conrad Weiser.
Education
Mühlenberg was sent to Halle in 1763 with his brothers, John Peter Gabriel and Gotthilf Henry Ernest, attended the schools of the Francke Stiftungen and the University.
Career
Mühlenberg returned to Philadelphia in 1770 with Gotthilf and their future brother-in-law, John Christopher Kunze, and was ordained at Reading, October 25, 1770, by the Ministerium of Pennsylvania.
His ministerial career extended until the summer of 1779.
After his ordination he ac