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Henry Ellenbogen (April 3, 1900July 4, 1985) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a Democratic member of the
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from
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, serving from 1933 to 1938.


Biography

Ellenbogen was the son of Samson and Rose (née Franzos) Ellenbogen. He was born into a Jewish family in
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, then in
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, and attended the
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Law School. He immigrated to the United States and settled in
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. He attended
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in Pittsburgh, and received his A.B. in 1921 and J.D. in 1924. He was appointed as arbitrator and public panel chairman by the National War Labor Board and the Third Regional War Labor Board in cases involving labor disputes. He wrote numerous articles on
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,
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, and legal problems. He married Rachel "Rae" Savage, and they had two daughters, author Naomi Feigelson Chase and Judith Specter. Mrs. Ellenbogen died in 1981.


Political career

Ellenbogen was first elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third Congress. It was unclear at the time whether he was eligible to be a Representative, having only been a citizen of the United States for six years instead of the seven required by the
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. However, he was seated and voted as early as March 1933. He was re-elected to the Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth Congresses and served until his resignation in 1938, having been elected judge of the common pleas court of
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. He was reelected as a judge in November 1947 and again in 1957 and served as presiding judge, 1963 to 1966.


Retirement and death

He retired and was a resident of
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, until his death there. He is buried in West View Cemetery of the Rodef Shalom Congregation in
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,
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.


See also

* List of Jewish members of the United States Congress


References and sources

*
The Political Graveyard


External links


Story of his wife's 1932 campaign on his behalf
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ellenbogen, Henry 1900 births 1985 deaths Jewish members of the United States House of Representatives Austrian Jews Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania Austrian emigrants to the United States Duquesne University alumni University of Vienna alumni 20th-century American politicians 20th-century American Jews