Frederick Muhlenberg

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American politician Lutheran minister clergyman human

Frederick Muhlenberg was an American politician and clergyman who became the first Speaker of the United States House of Representatives in the early years of the republic.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Peter Muhlenberg	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American politician ⓘ Lutheran minister ⓘ clergyman ⓘ human ⓘ
burialPlace	Woodward Hill Cemetery ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1750-01-01 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1801-06-04 ⓘ
describedBySource	Biographical Directory of the United States Congress ⓘ Historical records of the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
educatedAt	Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg ⓘ surface form: University of Halle-Wittenberg
endTime	1791-03-04 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	German Americans ⓘ surface form: German American
familyName	Muhlenberg ⓘ
father	Henry Muhlenberg ⓘ
givenName	Frederick ⓘ
inceptionOfRole	First United States Congress ⓘ
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned	English ⓘ German ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty	Federalists ⓘ surface form: Federalist Party Pro-Administration Party ⓘ
nativeLanguage	German ⓘ
notableFor	being the first Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
notableWork	First Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
numberOfChildren	7 ⓘ
officeContested	United States federal elections ⓘ surface form: United States House of Representatives elections
partOf	Founding generation of the United States ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Trappe, Pennsylvania ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Lancaster, Pennsylvania ⓘ
positionHeld	Delegate to the Continental Congress ⓘ Lutheran pastor ⓘ Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives ⓘ Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania ⓘ Member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ President of the Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention ⓘ Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives ⓘ Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
religion	Lutheranism ⓘ
residence	Lancaster, Pennsylvania ⓘ Trappe, Pennsylvania ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
sibling	Frederick Muhlenberg self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Peter Muhlenberg
spouse	Catherine Schaeffer ⓘ
startTime	1789-04-01 ⓘ
workLocation	New York City ⓘ Philadelphia ⓘ surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Referenced by (3)

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Speaker of the United States House of Representatives → firstHolder → Frederick Muhlenberg ⓘ

First United States Congress → hasSpeaker → Frederick Muhlenberg ⓘ

Frederick Muhlenberg → sibling → Frederick Muhlenberg self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Peter Muhlenberg