Gale Schisler

Gale Schisler
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 19th district
In office January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967
Preceded by	Robert T. McLoskey
Succeeded by	Tom Railsback
Personal details
Born	Darwin Gale Schisler (1933-03-02) March 2, 1933 Knox County, Illinois
Nationality	American
Political party	Democratic

Darwin Gale Schisler (born March 2, 1933) is a former teacher and politician. Born on a farm in Knox County, Illinois, he graduated from Abingdon High School in 1952, served in the United States Air Force from 1952–1955, and graduated from Western Illinois University in 1959. He served as teacher and principal for London Mills, Illinois, High School until 1964.

In 1964, the Democrats in Illinois' 19th Congressional District had no candidate in the primary for U.S. representative. Friends of Schisler got involved in a write-in campaign and got Schisler on the November ballot. In the November election, he defeated incumbent Robert T. McLoskey. In 1965, the state courts remapped the 19th district in a way which inadvertently favored Republicans, and Schisler narrowly lost his 1966 reelection bid to Tom Railsback.

In 1967, Schisler was appointed by governor Otto Kerner, Jr. to be head of the Illinois Office of Intergovernmental Cooperation. He was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1968 and was a member until 1980.

Schisler currently lives in London Mills, Illinois.

References

• The Political Graveyard
• Congressional biography

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Robert T. McLoskey	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 19th congressional district 1965–1967	Succeeded by Tom Railsback