Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg

Muhlenberg, Frederick Augustus. Brother of F.S. Muhlenberg; was born at the Trappe, June 2, 1750; was ordained to the ministry of the Lutheran Church in Germany. On his return he officiated in country churches in Pennsylvania, and in a church in New York city, which he left when the British entered. In 1779 and 1780 he was elected to the Continental Congress by the Legislature of Pennsylvania. For three years following he was a member of and Speaker of the State Legislature. He was a member of and President of the Council of Censors, and took an efficient part in calling the Convention of 1790, which revised the State Constitution. He was President of the State Convention called to consider the ratification of the Federal Constitution, to which he gave an earnest support. He was a member of the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Congresses; was Speaker of the House in the First and Third Congresses; and was one of those who voted for locating the Seat of Government on the Potomac. As Chairman of the Committee of the Whole, he gave his casting vote in favor of the law required to carry Jay's Treaty into effect. He was Register of the Land Office of Pennsylvania, under Governors Mifflin and, McKean, holding which office he died at Lancaster, on June 4, 1801.

Lanman, Charles. Biographical Annals of the Civil Government of the United States During Its First Century: From Original and Official Sources. Washington: James Anglim, Publisher, 1876, p. 305.

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