Background
Francis Swaine Muhlenberg was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father, John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg, was a Revolutionary War hero and member of Congress.
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Francis Muhlenberg
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Dickinson College.
Career
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 United States. House of Representatives to fill the congressional seat vacated by the resignation of William Creighton, Junior. in the Twentieth United States Congress.
He served until March 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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National Republican Party