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|term_start2=April 6, 1973​

|term_start2=April 6, 1973​

|term_end2=July 1980​

|term_end2=July 1980​

|preceded2=Noah W. Cross​

|preceded2=[[Noah W. Cross​]]

|succeeded2=John Patrick​

|succeeded2=John Patrick​

|birth_date=November 28, 1933​

|birth_date=November 28, 1933​

== Political life ==

== Political life ==

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 W. 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>