Born in Bohuslav, a city about 60 miles southeast of Kyiv in the Russian Empire (now in Ukraine), Toll immigrated with his family to the United States around 1910.Stone, Kurt F. The Jews of Capitol Hill: A Compendium of Jewish Congressional Members, 2011 p. 217-218 He graduated from Temple University School of Law in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania without a college degree (not a requirement at the time); he started practicing law in 1930.Stone, Kurt F. The Jews of Capitol Hill: A Compendium of Jewish Congressional Members, 2011 p. 217-218Biographical Directory of the United States Congress He was a member of the Pennsylvania Prison Society, Philadelphia Housing Association, B'nai B'rith and the board of directors of the Crusader Savings & Loan Association. In 1950 he was elected to the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives, where he served as vice chairman of the Judiciary Committee and helped secure passage of the first Fair Employment Practices law in the state. He was re-elected in 1952, 1954 and 1956.Biographical Directory of the United States CongressFriedman, Milton, "Biography of a Congressman, The Canadian Jewish Chronicle, February 6, 1959, p. 10
