Biography

03/15/1907 - 07/26/1967


TOLL, Herman, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, March 15, 1907 in Kiev, Kiev Oblast, Ukraine; graduated, West Philadelphia High School, 1925; LL.B., Temple University School of Law, 1930; lawyer; member, Pennsylvania Prison Society; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1951 term; reelected to the House to serve 3 consecutive terms thereafter; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1958); elected, United States Congress (1959-1967); died, July 26, 1967 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Roosevelt Memorial Park, Trevose, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.



 

Archival Collections



The Julius Bisno Collection, Center for Jewish History, American Jewish Historical Society, New York, NY



 

 

Congressional Biography

After 4 session(s) serving in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Herman Toll went on to serve in congress


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