Biography

12/30/1835 - 05/14/1913

Doctor David Engleman (D18) Northampton County 1877-1878 

Early Life:

Doctor David Engleman, born December 30, 1835, Bath Northampton County, Pa.; son of Abraham and Maria Magdalena Polly Patterson Engleman; Jefferson Medical College (now Sidney Kimmel Medical College), M.D., 1864; physician; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1870-1871, not a candidate for reelection, 1872; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1877-1878; president, Pennsylvania State Board of Health; elected, council, Easton; president, Northampton County Medical Society; married, Amanda M. Lerch Engelman, (d.1866) Rebecca S. Ruhe Ettinger Engelman, 1870; died, May 14, 1913, Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania; interment, Union West End Cemetery, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, 1870-1871, not a candidate for reelection, 1872. 

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 18th district, Northampton County, 1877-1878; committee assignments, Corporations, Canals and Inland Navigation, Public Buildings.

Pennsylvania House of Representatives Biography:

Official Website - PA House Archives Official Website (state.pa.us)

Cited:

Cox, Harold. Senate Members "E" (wilkes.edu). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1878). Smull, J.A., (Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 656, 662-664, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 621.

Dr David E. Engelman (1835-1913) - Find a Grave Memorial