Herman Toll (March 15, 1907 – July 26, 1967) was an American politician who served Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives from 1959 to 1967.
A member of the Democratic Party, he supported the civil rights movement, and sponsored legislation to create several federal agencies, including the U.S. Department of Urban Affairs and Housing.
[1] Born in Bohuslav, a city about 60 mi (97 km) southeast of Kyiv in the Russian Empire (now in Ukraine), Toll immigrated with his family to the United States around 1910.
Unable to campaign aggressively, he nevertheless easily won a fourth term; due to illness he would serve in absentia without making an appearance in the House.
A supporter of civil rights during his time in Congress, Rep. Toll exchanged at least one letter Archived July 1, 2015, at the Wayback Machine with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.