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Henry Augustus Muhlenberg
Henry Augustus Muhlenberg (1823-1854) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania and a member of the Muhlenberg Family political dynasty.
Henry Augustus Muhlenberg was born in Reading, Pennsylvania on July 21, 1823. His father, Henry A. P. Muhlenberg, was a Congressman and U.S. Minister to Austria. His grandfather, Joseph Hiester, was the governor of Pennsylvania.
Muhlenberg attended Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1844. He practiced law in Reading.
Muhlenberg was elected to the Pennsylvania State Senate in 1849 and served until 1852. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1852 and began his term on March 4, 1853.
He died in Washington, D.C. on January 9, 1854. He was buried in the Charles Evans Cemetery in Reading.
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