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| Keywords: Frederick Muhlenberg.jpg Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania a former Lutheran minister and a member of the most prominent German family in America was elected the first Speaker of the United States House of Representatives A jolly fellow famous for his oyster suppers Muhlenberg had considerable experience as a presiding officer; he had served a stint as president of the Continental Congress and had presided over the state convention called to ratify the Constitution in 1787 With President George Washington coming from the South and Vice President John Adams hailing from New England Muhlenburg's selection provided a nice geographic balance for the new government's start <br/>Muhlenberg is pictured in the act of signing House Bill 65 An Act to regulate Trade and Intercourse with the Indian Tribes which he did on July 20 1790 1790 Oil on canvas cm 119 5 94 National Portrait Gallery Washington E140 http //npgportraits si edu/eMuseumNPG/code/emuseum asp rawsearch ObjectID/ /is/ /43025/ /false/ /false newprofile CAP newstyle single National Portrait Gallery Smithsonian Institution object history credit line National Portrait Gallery Smithsonian Institution accession number NPG 74 1 http //www flickr com/photos/nostri-imago/3429995770 Flickr Photo http //www flickr com/people/28567825 N03 Cliff from Arlington Virginia USA 2008-08-26 <gallery>Muhlenberg jpg File Muhlenberg jpg</gallery> PD-old-100 photo cc-by-2 0 Leoboudv 2009-07-23 Joseph Wright American painter 18th-century portrait paintings in the National Portrait Gallery United States 1790 Frederick Muhlenberg 1790 oil on canvas paintings in the United States Portrait 1790 portrait paintings Male 18th-century oil portraits of sitting men at three-quarter length 1790 18th-century portrait paintings in the United States 1790 Black clothing in art male 1790 Files from cliff1066 Flickr stream Portrait paintings holding quills 1790 Portrait paintings of men sitting in armchairs 1790 Portrait paintings of sitting men with hands resting on tables 1790 | ||||
