Name Henry P. | Died 1844 Role American Political leader | |
Parents Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg | ||
Children Henry Augustus Muhlenberg | ||
Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg (13 May 1782 – 11 August 1844) was an American political leader and diplomat. He was a member of the Muhlenberg Family political dynasty.
Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on May 13, 1782. Henry was the son of Gotthilf Henry Ernest Muhlenberg and Mary Catherine Hall Muhlenberg. Henry's uncles Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg and John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg were Revolutionary War leaders.
Henry studied theology and was ordained a Lutheran minister in 1802. He served as pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Reading, Pennsylvania from 1803 to 1829.
He was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1814.
Muhlenberg was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1828 as a Jacksonian Democrat. He remained in Congress from 1829 until his appointment as the first United States Minister to the Austrian Empire on February 8, 1838. He served in Vienna from 1838 to September 18, 1840.
He ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Pennsylvania twice in 1835 and 1838. He was nominated by the Democratic Party a third time in 1844, but died before the election took place.
Muhlenberg died in Reading, Pennsylvania on August 11, 1844. Henry's son, Henry Augustus Muhlenberg would later be elected to Congress.