Henry Augustus Muhlenberg III (c. 1848–1906) was a prominent citizen of

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and an unsuccessful candidate for the United States Congress with the

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nomination in 1892. Muhlenberg was born in Reading. He was the son of

Henry Augustus Muhlenberg Henry Augustus Muhlenberg (July 21, 1823 – January 9, 1854) was an American politician and Congressman ( Democratic) representing the state of Pennsylvania. Early years Muhlenberg was a member of the Muhlenberg family political dynasty. He was ...

(1823–1854) and Annie H. Muhlenberg Muhlenberg, who was a cousin of Henry Augustus on her father's side. The young Muhlenberg studied with a tutor but later spent a year at Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg (now known as

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). He then began studies at

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1868. He graduated from Harvard with honors, receiving a degree in history in 1872. He then went to study law in the office of George F. Baer, Esq., being admitted to the bar of

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in 1875. He was main involved in business law. He was a director in the Framers' National Bank, the Reading Trust Company, and the Mount Penn Gravity Railroad. He was also a director and treasurer of the Reading City Passenger Railway Company, which he help found. He was also a trustee of the Charles Evans Cemetery Company, a vestryman of Trinity Lutheran Church, and a member of the

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Commission, to which position he was appointed by two Governors of Pennsylvania. He was a staunch Republican. In 1892 Muhlenberg was nominated for Congress on the Republican ticket, but lost in the general election.

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