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rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Robert_T._McLoskey" title="Robert T. McLoskey">Robert T. McLoskey</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Railsback" title="Tom Railsback">Tom Railsback</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the<br /><a href="/wiki/Illinois_House_of_Representatives" title="Illinois House of Representatives">Illinois House of Representatives</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1969–1981</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/George_Saal" title="George Saal">George Saal</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jeff_Mays&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jeff Mays (page does not exist)">Jeff Mays</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data">46th district (1969–1971)<br />48th district (1971-1981)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Darwin Gale Schisler</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1933-03-02</span>)</span>March 2, 1933<br /><a href="/wiki/Knox_County,_Illinois" title="Knox County, Illinois">Knox County, Illinois</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">February 2, 2020<span style="display:none">(2020-02-02)</span> (aged 86)<br /><a href="/wiki/Farmington,_Illinois" title="Farmington, Illinois">Farmington, Illinois</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Carolyn (m. 1957-1977)<sup id="cite_ref-IL_House_Resolution_747_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IL_House_Resolution_747-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br />Gloria (m. 1980-2020)<sup id="cite_ref-IL_House_Resolution_747_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IL_House_Resolution_747-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">Three</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/London_Mills,_Illinois" title="London Mills, Illinois">London Mills, Illinois</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Western_Illinois_University" title="Western Illinois University">Western Illinois University</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Truman_State_University" title="Truman State University">Northeast Missouri State College</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data">Educator</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branch/service</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/19px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/29px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg/38px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Air_Force.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="6336" data-file-height="4992" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1952–1955</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Darwin Gale Schisler</b> (March 2, 1933 – February 2, 2020) was an American politician who served as a member of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a> from <a href="/wiki/Illinois%27s_19th_congressional_district" title="Illinois's 19th congressional district">Illinois's 19th congressional district</a> and a member of the <a href="/wiki/Illinois_House_of_Representatives" title="Illinois House of Representatives">Illinois House of Representatives</a> from the 46th district and later the 48th district. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_career">Early life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gale_Schisler&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Darwin Gale Schisler was born March 2, 1933, on a farm in <a href="/wiki/Indian_Point_Township,_Knox_County,_Illinois" title="Indian Point Township, Knox County, Illinois">Indian Point Township, Knox County, Illinois</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-IL_House_Resolution_747_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IL_House_Resolution_747-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He attended public schools culminating in graduating from <a href="/wiki/Abingdon-Avon_High_School" title="Abingdon-Avon High School">Abingdon High School</a> in 1951. In 1952, he enlisted in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> serving for forty five months including ten months overseas in <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>. After his honorable discharge, Schisler began attending <a href="/wiki/Western_Illinois_University" title="Western Illinois University">Western Illinois University</a>. While attending Western Illinois University, he was a letter winning football player and married Carolyn Cochran with whom he had three children.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1959, he graduated with a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">Bachelor of Science</a> in education and took a job teaching at London Mills Junior High School. One year later, he became the school's principal. In 1962, he earned a <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts" title="Master of Arts">Master of Arts</a> in school administration from <a href="/wiki/Truman_State_University" title="Truman State University">Northeast Missouri State Teachers College</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BIOGUIDE_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BIOGUIDE-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="United_States_House_of_Representatives">United States House of Representatives</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gale_Schisler&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: United States House of Representatives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1964, the Democrats in <a href="/wiki/Illinois%27_19th_congressional_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Illinois' 19th congressional district">Illinois' 19th Congressional District</a> had no candidate in the primary for U.S. representative. Friends of Schisler started a write-in campaign that successfully placed Schisler on the November ballot. </p><p>In a surprising upset, he defeated incumbent <a href="/wiki/Robert_T._McLoskey" title="Robert T. McLoskey">Robert T. McLoskey</a> in the predominantly Republican district which included <a href="/wiki/Fulton_County,_Illinois" title="Fulton County, Illinois">Fulton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Henderson_County,_Illinois" title="Henderson County, Illinois">Henderson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Henry_County,_Illinois" title="Henry County, Illinois">Henry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Knox_County,_Illinois" title="Knox County, Illinois">Knox</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mercer_County,_Illinois" title="Mercer County, Illinois">Mercer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rock_Island_County,_Illinois" title="Rock Island County, Illinois">Rock Island</a> and <a href="/wiki/Warren_County,_Illinois" title="Warren County, Illinois">Warren</a> counties in Western Illinois.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Upon being sworn in, he was assigned to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Science,_Space_and_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House Committee on Science, Space and Technology">House Science and Astronautics Committee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BIOGUIDE_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BIOGUIDE-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While in Congress, he was a supporter of President Johnson's agenda voting in favor of his <a href="/wiki/Great_Society" title="Great Society">Great Society</a> legislation including the <a href="/wiki/Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965" title="Voting Rights Act of 1965">Voting Rights Act of 1965</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Social_Security_Amendments_of_1965" title="Social Security Amendments of 1965">the creation of Medicare and Medicaid</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Higher_Education_Act_of_1965" title="Higher Education Act of 1965">Higher Education Act of 1965</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was in favor of <a href="/wiki/District_of_Columbia_home_rule" title="District of Columbia home rule">home-rule for Washington, D.C.</a> and signed a discharge petition to get President Johnson's preferred bill out of committee. He voted against <a href="/wiki/Bernice_F._Sisk" class="mw-redirect" title="Bernice F. Sisk">B.F. Sisk's</a> compromise bill that provided home rule, but only with numerous delays and stipulations.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a supporter of repealing the "right to work" provisions in Taft Hartley. </p><p>In 1965, court order reapportionment of congressional districts moved <a href="/wiki/Whiteside_County,_Illinois" title="Whiteside County, Illinois">Whiteside County</a> into the 19th district bringing thousands of Republican voters into the already heavily Republican district.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shortly after, State Representative <a href="/wiki/Tom_Railsback" title="Tom Railsback">Tom Railsback</a> of <a href="/wiki/Moline,_Illinois" title="Moline, Illinois">Moline</a> announced his intention to stand against Schisler in the 1966 general election.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Schisler was unable to overcome the partisan tilt of the new district and lost to Railsback in November. Schisler's cause was further hurt by the widespread belief that the White House was apathetic to his reelection bid.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After his loss, he was appointed as an assistant to Governor <a href="/wiki/Otto_Kerner_Jr." title="Otto Kerner Jr.">Otto Kerner Jr.</a> leading the newly created Office of Intergovernmental Cooperation. The office was designed to coordinate state, federal and local programs and projects.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also the staff liaison for the General Assembly's Intergovernmental Cooperation Commission. When Kerner resigned, he continued this role under <a href="/wiki/Samuel_H._Shapiro" class="mw-redirect" title="Samuel H. Shapiro">Samuel H. Shapiro</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Illinois_House_of_Representatives">Illinois House of Representatives</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gale_Schisler&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Illinois House of Representatives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After briefly mulling a rematch against Railsback, Schisler chose to run for one of the three spots in the Illinois House of Representatives' 46th district which included <a href="/wiki/Fulton_County,_Illinois" title="Fulton County, Illinois">Fulton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tazewell_County,_Illinois" title="Tazewell County, Illinois">Tazewell</a> counties along with the southern portion of <a href="/wiki/Peoria_County,_Illinois" title="Peoria County, Illinois">Peoria County, Illinois</a>. He and incumbent <a href="/wiki/George_Saal" title="George Saal">George Saal</a> ran as the Democratic candidates against Republican incumbents <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wilbur_H._Lauterbach&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wilbur H. Lauterbach (page does not exist)">Wilbur H. Lauterbach</a> and <a href="/wiki/J._Norman_Shade" title="J. Norman Shade">J. Norman Shade</a>. Despite hopes that a joint Schisler-Saal slate would allow Democrats to take a majority of the 46th district's seats, only Schisler was elected.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was appointed to the Education Committee and Higher Education Committee.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The decennial reapportionment process in 1971 moved him to the 48th district. The 48th included Fulton County and portions of Peoria and Tazewell counties from the 46th district. However, it also added new territory in <a href="/wiki/Adams_County,_Illinois" title="Adams County, Illinois">Adams</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brown_County,_Illinois" title="Brown County, Illinois">Brown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cass_County,_Illinois" title="Cass County, Illinois">Cass</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mason_County,_Illinois" title="Mason County, Illinois">Mason</a> and <a href="/wiki/Schuyler_County,_Illinois" title="Schuyler County, Illinois">Schuyler</a> counties.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When the Democratic Party took a majority in the Illinois House of Representatives after the 1974 election, Schisler was appointed chair of the Agriculture Committee. He was also a member of the Illinois-Mississippi Canal and Sinnissippi Lake Commission, the Energy Resource and Recreation Council.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Five months into the <a href="/wiki/Iran_hostage_crisis" title="Iran hostage crisis">Iran–United States hostage crisis</a>, Schisler sponsored a nonbinding resolution urging Illinois’ public and private universities not to re-enroll current or new Iranian students for the upcoming school year.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later that year, he voted against the ratification of the <a href="/wiki/Equal_Rights_Amendment" title="Equal Rights Amendment">Equal Rights Amendment</a> and accused pro-ERA advocates of attempting to bribe him prior to the ratification vote.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was defeated in the 1980 general election, finishing fourth of four candidates for three seats in the 48th district, by Republican candidate <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jeff_Mays&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jeff Mays (page does not exist)">Jeff Mays</a> who grabbed the third spot.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gale_Schisler&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Schisler died on February 2, 2020, in <a href="/wiki/Farmington,_Illinois" title="Farmington, Illinois">Farmington, Illinois</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gale_Schisler&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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