Norman Theodore Gassette (April 21, 1839 – March 26, 1891) was an American baseball executive and politician.

[1] Soon transferred to staff duty, by the Battle of Chickamauga he was a first lieutenant, and after that a brevet Lt. Col. Gassette left military service in October 1864.

[1] He was appointed deputy Cook County Clerk under Edward S. Salomon, holding that position from 1866 through 1868.

On August 9, 1870, the stockholders of the Chicago White Stockings baseball team elected Col. Gassette as president.

In 1872 Gassette, as president of the old White Stockings Club, chaired a meeting to revive the team,[4] but after this turned his attention to his other business ventures.

Gassette died from pneumonia at his home in Chicago on March 26, 1891, and was buried at Rosehill Cemetery.