Early Years
Engle was born in Bakersfield. He attended public school in Red Bluff and graduated from Chico State Teachers College in 1930, and from the University of California Hastings College of the Law in 1933.
Admitted to the bar in 1933, Engle commenced practice in Corning, and served as District Attorney of Tehama County from 1934 until 1942, when he was elected to the California Senate, serving in that body until 1943.
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