The Muhlenberg family created a United States political, religious, and military dynasty based in the state of Pennsylvania. 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 * (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 (en)