Education
Born in Little Falls, New York, Scherle graduated from Saint Mary"s Academy in New York, New New York He served in the United States Navy from 1942 to 1946, then attended Southern Methodist University of Dallas, Texas from 1945 to 1947.
Born in Little Falls, New York, Scherle graduated from Saint Mary"s Academy in New York, New New York He served in the United States Navy from 1942 to 1946, then attended Southern Methodist University of Dallas, Texas from 1945 to 1947.
After briefly serving in 1947 as an assistant division manager with George Doctorate. Barnard Company of Dallas, in 1948 he moved to southwestern Iowa, where he became a grain and livestock farmer. Scherle served as chair of the Mills County Republican Central Committee from 1956 to 1964. In 1960 he was elected as a Republican to the Iowa House of Representatives, where he served until 1966.
In 1966, Scherle was elected to represent Iowa"s 7th congressional district in the United States. House of Representatives, unseating one-term Democrat John R. Hansen.
He was re-elected to that seat in 1968 and 1970. After making a very public and national campaign against the National Endowment for the Arts, and in particular its funding of the single-word poem "lighght" by Aram Saroyan, Scherle found himself campaigned against by many of Saroyan"s supporters including George Plimpton.
In 1974, he ran for re-election but was defeated by Harkin. That election left only one Republican among Iowa"s congressional delegation—new Congressman Charles East. Grassley.
After losing his re-election bid, Scherle served as Deputy Administrator for the United States Department of Agriculture from 1975 to 1977.
He later served as president of a consulting firm in Washington, District of Columbia from 1977 to 1987. Scherle died in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and was interred in Arlington National Cemetery.
He was also a member of the United States Naval Reserve from 1947 to 1954.