Elmer Herman Droste (June 16, 1895 – April 23, 1972) was an American lawyer, politician, and Army officer.
Elmer H. Droste was born in 1895 in Mount Olive, Illinois, one of thirteen children of Herman and Louise (Niemann) Droste. He graduated from Mount Olive High School, and in 1922 he graduated from St. Louis University. In 1925 he married Beatrice Brown and had two sons, John and Robert. Droste was admitted to the Illinois and Missouri bars. He was a lawyer practicing in Mt. Olive, with his son Robert L. Droste.
Droste served in the United States Army during both World War I and World War II. He was commissioned a full colonel and was the recipient of the silver star and the bronze star for his military service in command of Division Trains for the 6th Armored Division under General George Patton. He was elected as a member of the Illinois State Senate in 1940 and served until 1942, when he resigned his seat to rejoin the United States Army upon America's entry in World War II.
Droste served on the Mount Olive School Board. He died in 1972 at St. Mary's Hospital in Clayton, Missouri.[1][2][3][4]
^'Illinois Blue Book 1941-1942,' Biographical Sketch of Elmer H. Droste, pg. 226-227
^'Ex-Senator Elmer Droste Dies,' The Edwardsville Intelligencer (Illinois), April 24, 1972, pg. 15
^'Col. Elmer Droste To Address Lions At Annual Banquet,' The Edwardsville Intelligencer (Illinois), December 12, 1945, pg. 1
^'Elmer Droste Candidate On GOP Slate,' The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois)< October 28, 1948. pg. 6
Elmer Herman Droste (June 16, 1895 – April 23, 1972) was an American lawyer, politician, and Army officer. Elmer H. Droste was born in 1895 in Mount Olive...
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and academic (b. 1765) 1848 – Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German author and composer (b. 1797) 1861 – Elmer E. Ellsworth, American colonel (b. 1837) 1872...
Timeline, The Lusitania Resource. Facts and Figures, The Lusitania Resource. Droste, C.L. (1972). The Lusitania Case. Riverside, Conn: 7 C's Press. ISBN 978-0-85059-097-5...
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Policy of Imperial Germany 1914/18] (in German) (3rd ed.). Dusseldorf: Droste. OCLC 1154200466.. Fischer, Fritz (1970). Les Buts de guerre de l'Allemagne...
realms. Some stories feature what might be called a literary version of the Droste effect, where an image contains a smaller version of itself (also a common...
televangelist (b. 1930) Christian feast day: Blessed Mary of the Divine Heart (Droste zu Vischering) Chlodulf of Metz Jacques Berthieu, S.J. Jadwiga (Hedwig)...
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zur Geschichte des Parlamentarismus und der politischen Parteien, Bd. 1), Droste Düsseldorf 1953. "DGVN Präsidium". Archived from the original on 12 November...
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