List of United States Political Families (M) - The Muhlenbergs

The Muhlenbergs

• Henry Muhlenberg (1711–1787) Founder of the Lutheran Church in America
  • Peter Muhlenberg (1746–1847) Minister; Continental Army General; US Congressman; US Senator; son of Henry Muhlenberg
  • Frederick Muhlenberg (1750–1801) Member of Continental Congress; first Speaker of US House of Representatives; son of Henry Muhlenberg
    • • • • Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg (1887–1980) US Congressman; World War I and World War II soldier, great-great-grandson of Peter
    • John Andrew Shulze (1774–1852) Governor of Pennsylvania, grandson of Henry
    • Henry A. P. Muhlenberg (1782–1844) US Congressman; Minister to Austria, grandson of Henry
      • Henry Augustus Muhlenberg (1823–1854) US Congressman, son of Henry A.P.
    • Francis Swaine Muhlenberg (1795–1831) US Congressman, son of Peter

NOTE: Henry Augustus Muhlenberg was also grandson of U.S. Representative Joseph Hiester.