Elmer Droste

Elmer Herman Droste (June 16, 1895 – April 23, 1972) was an American lawyer, politician, and farmer.

Droste was born in Mount Olive, Illinois and graduated from the Mount Olive High School. In 1922, he graduated from the St. Louis University. Droste was admitted to the Illinois and Missouri bars. He was a farmer and lawyer. Droste served in the United States Army during World War I and World War II and was commissioned a colonel. Droste served on the Mount Olive Grade School Board. He served in the Illinois Senate from 1941 to 1942 and was a Republican. He resigned from the Illinois Senate when he re-entered the United States Army. Broste died at St. Mary's Hospital in Clayton, Missouri.