{{short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Herman Eberharter | image =Herman P. Eberharter (Pennsylvania Congressman).jpg | state = [[Pennsylvania]] | constituency = {{ushr|PA|32|C}} (1937–1943)<br>{{ushr|PA|31|C}} (1943–1945)<br>{{ushr|PA|32|C}} (1945–1953)<br>{{ushr|PA|28|C}} (1953–1958) | term_start = January 3, 1937 | term_end = September 9, 1958 | preceded = [[Theodore L. Moritz]] | succeeded = [[William S. Moorhead]] | office5= Member of the [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives]] | term5= 1935–1936 | birth_date = {{birth date|1892|04|29}} | death_date = {{death date and age|1958|09|09|1892|04|29}} | birth_place = [[Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]], U.S. | death_place = [[Arlington, Virginia]], U.S. | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] }} '''Herman Peter Eberharter''' (April 29, 1892 &ndash; September 9, 1958) was a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] member of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] from [[Pennsylvania]].

==Biography== Eberharter was born in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]; his father was an immigrant from [[Austria]] and his maternal grandparents were [[Germany|German]] immigrants.<ref> {{citation |url= https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS1K-MQV |title= United States Census, 1900 |website= [[FamilySearch]] |access-date=March 26, 2018 }}</ref> During the [[First World War]], he served in the [[United States Army]] as a [[Private (rank)#United States Army|private]] in the [[20th Infantry Regiment (United States)|20th Infantry Regiment]] and was commissioned as a [[Second lieutenant#United States|second lieutenant]]. He continued to serve in the military as a member of the [[United States Army Reserve|Officers' Reserve Corps]], and attained the rank of [[Major (United States)|major]]. He graduated from [[Duquesne University]] Law School in 1925 and became an attorney in Pittsburgh. He became a member of the [[Pennsylvania House of Representatives]] in 1935 and 1936.

He was elected as a Democrat to the [[75th United States Congress|Seventy-fifth]] and to the ten succeeding Congresses. He served from January 3, 1937, until his death in [[Arlington, Virginia]]. He was buried at Mount Carmel Cemetery in Pittsburgh

In 1945, Ebeharter introduced the legislation that gave official Congressional approval of the [[Pledge of Allegiance (United States)|Pledge of Allegiance]].<ref>[http://www.lib.rochester.edu/index.cfm?PAGE=3419 University of Rochester - Francis Bellamy]</ref> Beginning with the [[78th United States Congress]], he sat as a member of the [[United States House Committee on Ways and Means]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://waysandmeans.house.gov/Legacy/fullcomm/107former.htm |title=House Ways and Means Committee |access-date=2006-06-23 |archive-date=2008-02-27 |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20080227015851/http://waysandmeans.house.gov/legacy/fullcomm/107former.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Eberharter was a member of the [[House Un-American Activities Committee#Dies Committee .281938.E2.80.931944.29|Dies Committee]], which received the "Yellow Report" alleging Japanese-American espionage during World War II based on cultural traits such as Buddhist faith and a high proportion of fishermen among the population. Eberharter was the only member of the committee to openly express opposition to [[Japanese American internment|wartime internment of Japanese Americans]].<ref name="myer">Myer, Dillon S. ''Uprooted Americans''. Tucson: U of Arizona P, 1971. p. 19.</ref>

A confidential 1943 analysis of the [[United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs|House Foreign Affairs Committee]] by [[Isaiah Berlin]] for the British [[Foreign Office]] described Eberharter as<ref name="hachey1973">{{cite journal | url=http://berlin.wolf.ox.ac.uk/published_works/singles/bib139a/bib139a.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021185357/http://berlin.wolf.ox.ac.uk/published_works/singles/bib139a/bib139a.pdf | archive-date=2013-10-21 | title=American Profiles on Capitol Hill: A Confidential Study for the British Foreign Office in 1943 | author=Hachey, Thomas E. | journal=Wisconsin Magazine of History |date=Winter 1973–1974 | volume=57 | issue=2 | pages=141–153 | jstor=4634869}}</ref>

{{blockquote|A [[New Deal]]er from Pittsburg [sic] of Austrian origin; internationalist-minded, and perhaps inclined to go slightly faster and further than the Administration. His position is well indicated by the fact that recently he urged that in the renewal of [[Lend-Lease]] there should be no implication in the wording that repayment is expected from the recipients. A Catholic; age 50; interested in the [[Otto von Habsburg#World War II|Austrian Legion]].}}

==See also== * [[List of members of the United States Congress who died in office (1950–1999)]] * [[List of members of the House Un-American Activities Committee]]

==References== {{CongBio|E000029}} Retrieved on 2008-07-02 {{reflist}}

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