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Harry Lane Englebright (January 2, 1884 – May 13, 1943) was a U.S.
political figure A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...
. He served as a Congressman from
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from 1926 to 1943, and as the House Minority Whip between 1933 and 1943. Englebright was born in
Nevada City, California Nevada City (originally, ''Ustumah'', a Nisenan village; later, Nevada, Deer Creek Dry Diggins, and Caldwell's Upper Store) is the county seat of Nevada County, California, United States, northeast of Sacramento, southwest of Reno and northea ...
. His father, William F. Englebright was a politician who served in the United States House of Representatives. Harry Englebright attended the
University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant un ...
and became a mining engineer before entering politics, connected with various mining enterprises in California and was an engineer for the State Conservation Commission from 1911 to 1914. Englebright was elected to the United States House of Representatives in a special election in 1926, following the death of congressman
John E. Raker John Edward Raker (February 22, 1863 – January 22, 1926) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a Democratic Party Congressional representative for California, serving eight terms from 1911 to 1926. Life He was born near Knox ...
. His district was located in the far north of California, north of
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. He was a Republican. He was elected to a full term later in 1926 and was re-elected until his death in 1943 in
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.
Englebright Lake Englebright Lake is an 815 acre reservoir on the Yuba River, impounded by Englebright Dam, in the Sierra Nevada, Northern California, United States. The reservoir stores 45,000 acre feet of water with nearly 24 miles of shoreline. It is located ...
in Northern California is named for him.


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List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49) There are several lists of United States Congress members who died in office. These include: *List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899) * List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–1949) * List ...


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1884 births 1943 deaths University of California, Berkeley alumni People from Nevada City, California American mining engineers Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from California 20th-century American politicians Engineers from California {{California-Representative-stub