{{Short description|American politician}} {{for|other people sharing this surname|Elbogen (disambiguation)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2020}} {{infobox officeholder | name = Henry Ellenbogen | image = Henry Ellenbogen.jpg | image_size = 225 | caption = | state = [[Pennsylvania]] | district = [[Pennsylvania's 33rd congressional district|33rd]] | term_start = March 3, 1933 | term_end = January 3, 1938 | predecessor = [[Melville Clyde Kelly]] | successor = [[Joseph A. McArdle]] | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1900|04|03}} | birth_place = [[Vienna]], [[Austria-Hungary]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1985|07|04|1900|04|03}} | death_place = [[Miami]], [[Florida]], U.S. | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | father = Samson Ellenbogen | mother = Rose Franzos | spouse = {{marriage|Rachel "Rae" Savage||1981|end=died}} | children = 2 | relatives = | alma_mater = [[University of Vienna]]<br>[[Duquesne University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|AB]], [[Juris Doctor|JD]]) | occupation = {{Hlist|Lawyer|judge|politician}} }} '''Henry <!--Clayton as a middle name is unsupported and highly unlikely--> Ellenbogen''' (April 3, 1900{{spnd}}July 4, 1985) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] member of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] from [[Pennsylvania]], serving from 1933 to 1938.
==Biography== Ellenbogen was the son of Samson and Rose (née Franzos) Ellenbogen.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92102549/obituary-for-rose-ellenbogen-aged-73/|title=Mrs. Rose Ellenbogen|work=The Pittsburgh Press|date=1945-10-29|access-date=2022-01-08}}</ref> He was born into a Jewish family in [[Vienna]], then in [[Austria-Hungary]], and attended the [[University of Vienna]] Law School. He immigrated to the United States and settled in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]. He attended [[Duquesne University]] 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 (1942–1945)|National War Labor Board]] and the Third Regional War Labor Board in cases involving labor disputes. He wrote numerous articles on [[economic]], [[social]], 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92099861/obituary-for-rachel-s-ellenbogen-aged/|title=Rachel S. Ellenbogen Dies Here|work=The Pittsburgh Press|date=1981-01-21|access-date=2022-01-08}}</ref>
===Political career=== Ellenbogen was first elected as a Democrat to the [[73rd United States Congress|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 [[Constitution of the United States]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Under Age for the House |work=New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=March 6, 1933 |page=6}}</ref> However, he was seated and voted in the second session of the Seventy-third Congress in January 1934.<ref>[https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GPO-CRECB-1934-pt1-v78/GPO-CRECB-1934-pt1-v78-3 178 Cong. Rec. 158 (1934)] (vote on motion to recommit H.R. 6131); see also [https://voteview.com/person/2900/henry-ellenbogen Rep. Henry Ellenbogen voting record at voteview.com]. </ref> With Senator [[Robert F. Wagner|Robert Wagner]], his sponsorship of the Wagner-Ellenbogen Housing Bill was a significant step in housing policy.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1936 |title=The Wagner-Ellenbogen Housing Bill |url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/631841 |journal=Social Service Review |volume=10 |issue=2 |pages=345–346 |doi=10.1086/631841 |issn=0037-7961|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=HOUSING COMPROMISE PUT BEFORE CONGRESS; Wagner Bill Asks Federal Subsidies for Slum Clearance and Homes for Low-Income Groups Only |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1936/04/19/85312352.html |access-date=2026-01-24 |work=The New York Times |language=en |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Also working with Wagner, he worked to help a great number of Jews escape fascism in Europe in the 1930s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Letter from Robert Wagner to Henry Ellenbogen {{!}} Historic Pittsburgh |url=https://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt:MSS_305_B002_F003_I83 |access-date=2026-01-24 |website=historicpittsburgh.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Last Human Edge |url=https://colossus.com/article/henry-ellenbogen-last-human-edge/ |access-date=2026-01-24 |website=Colossus |language=en-US}}</ref>
He was re-elected to the [[74th United States Congress|Seventy-fourth]], and [[75th United States Congress|Seventy-fifth]] Congresses and served until his resignation in 1938, having been elected judge of the common pleas court of [[Allegheny County, Pennsylvania]]. 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 [[Miami, Florida]], until his death there. He is buried in West View Cemetery of the Rodef Shalom Congregation in [[Squirrel Hill (Pittsburgh)|Squirrel Hill]], [[Pittsburgh]].
== See also == * [[List of Jewish members of the United States Congress]]
== References and sources == {{Reflist}} * {{CongBio|E000111}} * [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eliphaz-ellerbee.html The Political Graveyard]
== External links == * [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92419934/the-pittsburgh-press/ Story of his wife's 1932 campaign on his behalf] * [https://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt%3AUS-QQS-MSS305/viewer Henry Ellenbogen Papers], Rauh Jewish Archives, Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
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