Engle enlisted at age 19, (other sources list 18[1]) was a sergeant, ensign (commissioned September 20, 1776[6]), and second lieutenant (promoted 1777[1]) in the Third Regiment Pennsylvania Line.[7] He enlisted in Captain Samuel Watson's company. Engle served in the following locations/battles:[1]
He was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1801. (Other Democratic Republicans elected along with him from Philadelphia County included Jacob Holgate, William Penrose, Elijah Gordon, John Goodman, and George Ingles.) There were no opposition candidates from the Federalist Party.[9]
In 1808, he received 4,374 votes for his seat in the House.[10]
On December 21, 1808, Engle was elected Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.[11]
^ abcdefDaughters of the American Revolution (1908), Lineage Book, vol. 26, Daughters of the American Revolution, p. 200
^Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania State Library (1897), Pennsylvania Archives, s.n., p. 816{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^"Election Returns", Pennsylvania Herald, p. 2, November 29, 1809
^"(Legislative)", The Tickler, p. 2, October 12, 1808
^Herald of Liberty, p. 2, October 26, 1801 {{citation}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^"Election Returns", Washington Reporter, p. 2, October 24, 1808
^Pennsylvania Herald, p. 2, December 28, 1808 {{citation}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^Hazard, Samuel; Pennsylvania. Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania. Secretary of the Commonwealth, Pennsylvania State Library (1907), Pennsylvania archives, s.n., p. 301{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^"Alms-House, Sept. 25", Philadelphia Gazette, p. 4, October 8, 1799
