John peter muhlenberg biography

Peter Muhlenberg was an American clergyman, Continental Army soldier during the American Revolutionary War, and political figure in the newly independent United States. A Lutheran minister, he served in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate from Pennsylvania.

Peter Muhlenberg Facts: Early Life

Muhlenberg was born to Pennsylvania German parents Anna Maria and Henry Muhlenberg in Trappe, Pennsylvania. He was sent, together with his brothers, Frederick Augustus and Gotthilf Henry Ernst, in 1763 to Halle.

They were educated in Latin at the Francke Foundations. He left school in 1767 to start as a sales assistant in Lübeck but returned that same year to Pennsylvania.

He served briefly in the British 60th Regiment of Foot and also served briefly in the German dragoons, earning the nickname "Teufel Piet" before returning to Philadelphia in 1767, where he was given a classical education from the Academy of Philadelp Congress.Gov Biography.