Carl Choisser

William Carl Choisser (July 10, 1895 – September 25, 1939) was an American newspaper editor, lawyer, and politician.

Choisser was born in Ozark, Johnson County, Illinois. In 1917, he graduated from the University of Illinois College of Law, where he received a bachelor of laws, and was on the varsity wrestling team.[1][2] He then served in the United States Army Air Service during World War I. Choisser practiced law in Benton, Illinois and was the editor of the Benton Evening News. Choisser served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1923 to 1929 and was a Republican. In 1939, Choisser was murdered with a firearm in Benton, Illinois after a quarrel with a defendant involving a murder trial.[3][4][5]

Notes
  1. University of Illinois, The Illio 1918 yearbook, page 43.
  2. University of Illinois. The Forty-Fifth Commencement, 1916 program, page 13.
  3. 'Illinois Blue Book 1927-1928,' Biographical Sketch of Carl Choisser, page 310.
  4. 'Dr. Gore Slays Son's Attorney In Murder Case,' Chicago Tribune, September 26, 1939, page 12.
  5. 'Dr. Gore And Son Are Confined At Same Jail,' The Sheboygan Press, September 26, 1939, page 2.


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