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William Fellows Englebright Edit Profile

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William Fellows Englebright was a United States. Representative from California, father of Harry Lane Englebright.

Education

He attended private and public schools.

Career

He entered the service of the United States at the navy yard, Mare Island, as joiner"s apprentice and completed his studies in engineering. He established himself in Nevada City, California, as a mining engineer Englebright was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James North. Gillett.

He was reelected to the Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses and served from November 6, 1906, to March 3, 1911.

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress. He resumed his occupation as a mining engineer

He died in Oakland, California, February 10, 1915. He was interred in Pine Grove Cemetery, Nevada City, California.

Membership

He served as member of the Nevada City Board of Education.