William Joseph Scherle (March 14, 1923 – August 27, 2003) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Southwestern Iowa from 1967 to 1975.

He served in the United States Navy and Coast Guard from 1942 to 1946,[2] then attended Southern Methodist University of Dallas, Texas from 1945 to 1947.

[1] After briefly serving in 1947 as an assistant division manager with George D. Barnard Co. of Dallas, in 1948 he moved to southwestern Iowa, where he became a grain and livestock farmer.

[1] After losing his re-election bid, Scherle served as Deputy Administrator for the United States Department of Agriculture from 1975 to 1977.

Scherle died in Council Bluffs, Iowa, from prostate cancer[1] and was interred in Arlington National Cemetery.