Born in
New Bedford, Massachusetts, Englebright moved with his parents to
Vallejo, California. He attended private and public schools and first began serving the United States as a joiner's apprentice at
Mare Island Naval Shipyard. After he completed his studies in engineering he established himself in
Nevada City, California as a mining engineer where he also served as a member of the Nevada City Board of Education.
Congress Englebright was elected as a
Republican to the
Fifty-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of
James N. Gillett. In Congress he served on the House Irrigation of Arid Lands committee, the House Mines and Mining committee, and the House Naval Affairs committee. He was reelected to the
Sixtieth and
Sixty-first Congresses and served from November 6, 1906, until his defeat in the 1910 election, leaving office on March 3, 1911.
Later career After his political career, he resumed his occupation as a mining engineer.
Death and burial Englebright died in
Oakland, California on February 10, 1915, and was interred at Pine Grove Cemetery in
Nevada City, California. ==References==