The Muhlenberg family created a United States political, religious, and military dynasty that was primarily based in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, but which had also expanded into the State of Ohio by the early nineteenth century. The German American family descends from Heinrich Melchior Mühlenberg/Henry Muhlenberg (1711–1787), a German immigrant, noted Lutheran minister, and founder of the Lutheran Church in America. Noted members of the Muhlenberg family include: Peter Muhlenberg (1746–1807) minister, Continental Army general, US congressman, US senator Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg: Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg (1750–1801), member of the Continental Congress, first Speaker of US House of Representatives Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg (educator) (1818–1901), president of Muhlenberg College Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg (1887–1980) architect, founder of Muhlenberg Greene Architects, US congressman, and World War I and World War II soldier Gotthilf Henry Ernest Muhlenberg (1753–1815), botanist Maria Salome Muhlenberg (1766–1827), youngest daughter of the Rev. Henry Melchior Muhlenberg and wife of US Congressman Matthias Richards (1758-1830); interred at the Charles Evans Cemetery in Reading, Pennsylvania Henry A. P. Muhlenberg (1782–1844), US congressman and minister to Austria Francis Swaine Muhlenberg (1795–1831), US congressman William Augustus Mühlenberg (1796–1877), Episcopal priest, school founder, and philanthropist Henry Augustus Muhlenberg (1823–1854), US congressman Frederick Hunter Muhlenberg II (1865–1933), architect Charles Henry Muhlenberg IV (1870–1960), architect Charles Henry Muhlenberg V (1899–1985), architect and member of the Reading, Pennsylvania Planning Commission Hiester family In addition, the Muhlenbergs were related to the Hiester family. Some notable members were: John Hiester (1745–1821), US congressman Daniel Hiester (1747–1804), US congressman Gabriel Hiester (1749–1824), Pennsylvania political leader Joseph Hiester (1752–1832), US congressman and governor of Pennsylvania Daniel Hiester the younger (1774–1834), US congressman William Hiester (1790–1853), US congressman William Muhlenberg Hiester (1818–1878), Pennsylvania political leader Isaac Ellmaker Hiester (1824–1871), US congressman Hiester Clymer (1827–1884), US congressman Other descendants Matthias Richards (1758–1830), US congressman Henry Melchior Muhlenberg Richards (1848–1935), American military officer John Andrew Shulze (1775–1852), Governor of Pennsylvania References Family tree German-American history Lutheran families Political families of the United States American people of German descent