Francis Swaine Muhlenberg

Francis Swaine Muhlenberg

Francis Swaine Muhlenberg (April 12, 1795 – December 17, 1831) was a political leader, member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio, and a member of the Muhlenberg Family political dynasty.

Francis Swaine Muhlenberg was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father, John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg, was a Revolutionary War hero and member of Congress. His uncle, Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg, was the first Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.

Muhlenberg attended Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, studied law, and was admitted at the Pennsylvania bar in 1816. From 1820 to 1823, he served as private secretary to Pennsylvania Governor Joseph Hiester.

He moved west to Pickaway County, Ohio, and was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 1827.

In 1828, he was elected the U.S. House of Representatives to fill the congressional seat vacated by the resignation of William Creighton, Jr. in the Twentieth United States Congress. He served until January 3, 1829.

After his congressional career, Muhlenberg worked as a businessman and land speculator in Ohio and Kentucky.

Francis Swaine Muhlenberg died in Pickaway County on December 17, 1831.

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