Henry Augustus Muhlenberg^[1]

1823 - 1854  (30 years)

• Name	Henry Augustus Muhlenberg
  Birth	21 Jul 1823	Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 Jan 1854	Washington, District of Columbia, USA
  Burial	Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Person ID	I20375	Tulpehocken Genealogy | Dickinson, Lamm, Klopp
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	US Congressman Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg,   b. 13 May 1782, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 11 Jul 1844, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Rebecca Hiester,   b. 4 Jul 1781   d. 22 Jan 1841 (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	7 Jun 1808
  Family ID	F6872	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Annie Hall Muhlenberg,   b. 25 Mar 1829, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 15 Jan 1906, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 76 years)
  Children	1. Henry Augustus Muhlenberg, III,   b. 27 Oct 1848, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 14 May 1906 (Age 57 years)
  Family ID	F6876	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Nov 2020

  
  

• Notes

  US Congressman, Author. Elected as a Democrat to represent Pennsylvania's 8th District in the Thirty-Third Congress, he served from 1853 until his death in office. Muhlenberg was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, a scion of the Muhlenberg-Hiester family dynasty whose members would be involved in American politics for over 200 years. His father was US Congressman Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg; his grandfather, Joseph Hiester, was Governor of Pennsylvania. After graduating from Dickinson College in 1841, he was admitted to the bar (1844) and practiced law in Reading. In 1849 he was elected to the first of four terms in the State Senate, and that same year published a biography of another distinguished descendent, "The Life of General Peter Muhlenberg". As a state legislator he was opposed to slavery but willing to accept the Compromise of 1850 in order to preserve the Union. Muhlenberg was elected to succeed Thaddeus Stevens in the US House by a wide margin, but by then he was seriously ill with tuberculosis. On December 5, 1853 he attended the opening of the first session of Congress in Washington, DC; it was his only appearance with that body. He took to his bed and died little more than a month later. Muhlenberg was 30. His remains were returned to Reading for interment in the Charles Evans Cemetery, while a cenotaph exists for him at Washington's Congressional Cemetery. Bio by: Bobb Edwards

  
  

• Sources

  [S175] Website: Geni World Family Tree, (https://www.geni.com/family-tree/html/start), https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-40000-464375436/henry-augustus-muhlenberg-in-geni-world-family-tree (Reliability: 4). Henry Augustus Muhlenberg&lt;br&gt;Gender: Male&lt;br&gt;Birth: July 21 1823 - Reading, Berks County, PA, United States&lt;br&gt;Death: Jan 9 1854 - Washington, District of Columbia, DC, United States&lt;br&gt;Father: <a>Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg</a>&lt;br&gt;Mother: <a>Rebecca Muhlenberg (born Hiester)</a>&lt;br&gt;Wife: <a>Annie Hall Nicolls (born Muhlenberg)</a>&lt;br&gt;Child: <a>Henry Augustus Muhlenberg, III</a>