Jerry Geisler | |
Office: | Minority Leader of the Virginia House of Delegates |
Term Start: | September 11, 1974 |
Term End: | January 13, 1982 |
Predecessor: | Pete Giesen |
Successor: | Vince Callahan |
State Delegate1: | Virginia |
District1: | 6th |
Term Start1: | January 12, 1966 |
Term End1: | January 13, 1982 |
Predecessor1: | Virgil J. Cox |
Successor1: | Joan H. Munford |
Birth Name: | Jerry Hubert Geisler |
Birth Date: | 1934 7, mf=yes |
Birth Place: | Big Stone Gap, Virginia, U.S. |
Death Place: | Roanoke, Virginia, U.S. |
Spouse: | Betty Coyle |
Education: | Emory & Henry College (BA) |
Jerry Hubert Geisler (July 6, 1934 – May 6, 2012) was an American lawyer and Republican politician. He was first elected in 1965 to represent Carroll, Grayson, Galax City in the Virginia House of Delegates, defeating Hillsville mayor Raleigh Cooley. In 1967, Geisler switched parties to the Republican Party, a move made by many in the southern United States due to the national Democratic Party's new focus on civil rights. In 1974, he was selected by the members of his caucus to be minority leader, a position in which he served until he was defeated for election in the reorganized 5th district in 1981.[1] [2]