Ellenbogen, Henry, 1900-1985

Henry Clayton Ellenbogen (April 3, 1900 – July 4, 1985) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he notably served as in the U.S. House of Representatives representing Pennsylvania's 33rd congressional district from 1933 to 1938.

Born into a Jewish family in Vienna, he attended local schools and the University of Vienna Law School before immigrating to the United States and settling in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He attended Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, and received his A.B. in 1921 and J.D. in 1924. Ellenbogen 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 economic, social, and legal problems.

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 Constitution of the United States. 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 Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. He was reelected as a judge in November 1947 and again in 1957 and served as presiding judge from 1963 to 1966.

Ellenbogen 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, Pennsylvania.