Harry L. Gessert was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Biography
Gessert was born on July 16, 1901, in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. Gessert went to Elkhart Lake School and Plymouth Business College. He went on to operate a restaurant and a retail store. He died on May 19, 1992.
Political career
Gessert was first elected to the Assembly in 1960. Previously, he was elected a justice of the peace in 1955 and a member of the Sheboygan County, Wisconsin Board in 1959. He was a Republican.
References
- 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1962,' Biographical Sketch of Harry L. Gessert, pg. 62
- Members of the Assembly. Wisconsin Blue Book. 1966. Retrieved 2013-10-11.
- United States Death Index
- "Gessert, Harry L." Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-10-11.
- People from Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
- Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- American justices of the peace
- County supervisors in Wisconsin
- Businesspeople from Wisconsin
- 1901 births
- 1992 deaths
- 20th-century American businesspeople
- 20th-century American judges
- 20th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature