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On April 6, 1973, more than five years after he first ran for sheriff of Concordia Parish, Schiele was appointed to the office by [[Governor]] [[Edwin Edwards]], pending a [[special election]], after incumbent Noah Cross was forced to resign after twenty-five years in office because of the failure of the [[appeal]] of his federal conviction of [[perjury]].<ref>''The Concordia Sentinel,'' April 11, 1973, p. 1.</ref> Edwards settled on Schiele because the former legislator had successfully managed Edwards' 1971-1972 [[Governor|gubernatorial]] campaign in Concordia Parish.<ref name=cs>"Schiele to Succeed Cross in Appointment," ''The Concordia Sentinel,'' April 4, 1973, p. 1.</ref>​

On April 6, 1973, more than five years after he first ran for sheriff of Concordia Parish, Schiele was appointed to the office by [[Governor]] [[Edwin Edwards]], pending a [[special election]], after incumbent Noah Cross was forced to resign after twenty-five years in office because of the failure of the [[appeal]] of his federal conviction of [[perjury]].<ref>''The Concordia Sentinel,'' April 11, 1973, p. 1.</ref> Edwards settled on Schiele because the former legislator had successfully managed Edwards' 1971-1972 [[Governor|gubernatorial]] campaign in Concordia Parish.<ref name=cs>"Schiele to Succeed Cross in Appointment," ''The Concordia Sentinel,'' April 4, 1973, p. 1.</ref>​

Sheriff Schiele won a full term in the 1975 election, but he was unseated in 1979 by fellow Democrat John Patrick, an [[insurance]] agent. He then completed his college degree and was employed thereafter by the Probation and Paroles section of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety. Schiele attempted a comeback in 1987, when he challenged incumbent Sheriff Hubert Lee McGlothin (1940-2004), who had previously been the  [[mayor]] of Ferriday. In the 1987 contest, Schiele polled 1,155 votes (12.8 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 1987.</ref>

Sheriff Schiele won a full term in the 1975 election, but he was unseated in 1979 by fellow Democrat John Patrick, an [[insurance]] agent. He then completed his college degree and was employed thereafter by the Probation and Paroles section of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety. Schiele attempted a comeback in 1987 when he challenged incumbent Sheriff Hubert Lee McGlothin (1940-2004), who had previously been the  [[mayor]] of Ferriday. In the 1987 contest, Schiele polled 1,155 votes (12.8 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 1987.</ref>

McGlothin resigned midway in his second term as sheriff as a result of a criminal conviction. The Concordia Parish Police Jury, the parish governing body, then appointed Randy Maxwell, effective August 31, 1990, to serve until a special election was held on March 21, 1991. In that all-Democrat contest, Maxwell defeated Schiele, 4,619 (62.9 percent) to 1,900 (25.9 percent). Two other candidates shared the remaining 11.3 percent of the vote.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, March 23, 1991.</ref> Maxwell was unopposed in the nonpartisan blanket primary for sheriff on October 19, 1991, and has since remained in the position though he has had close elections.<ref>{{cite web |url=

McGlothin resigned midway in his second term as sheriff as a result of a criminal conviction. The Concordia Parish Police Jury, the parish governing body, then appointed Randy Maxwell, effective August 31, 1990, to serve until a special election was held on March 21, 1991. In that all-Democrat contest, Maxwell defeated Schiele, 4,619 (62.9 percent) to 1,900 (25.9 percent). Two other candidates shared the remaining 11.3 percent of the vote.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, March 23, 1991.</ref> Maxwell was unopposed in the nonpartisan blanket primary for sheriff on October 19, 1991, and has since remained in the position though he has had close elections.<ref>{{cite web |url=

== Death ==

== Death ==

The probation and paroles division relocated the Schieles to [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], where he died of a massive heart attack at the age of sixty-eight. He was a [[United Methodist]]. After her husband’s death, Mrs. Schiele, a native of Natchez, [[Mississippi]], moved to  Loranger to be near her two daughters. Schiele, like Sheriff Cross his predecessor, is interred at the Natchez City Cemetery across the Mississippi River from Vidalia.<ref>Natchez City Cemetery records, Natchez, Mississippi.</ref>​

The probation and paroles division relocated the Schiele's to [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], where he died of a massive heart attack at the age of sixty-eight. He was a [[United Methodist]]. After her husband’s death, Mrs. Schiele, a native of Natchez, [[Mississippi]], moved to  Loranger to be near her two daughters. Schiele, like Sheriff Cross his predecessor, is interred at the Natchez City Cemetery across the Mississippi River from Vidalia.<ref>Natchez City Cemetery records, Natchez, Mississippi.</ref>​

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