Richard Shoemaker is a former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate.
Biography
Shoemaker was born on June 11, 1951, in Beloit, Wisconsin.1 He graduated from Menomonie High School in Menomonie, Wisconsin and the University of Wisconsin-Stout. Shoemaker is married with two children.
Career
Shoemaker was Supervisor of Dunn County, Wisconsin from 1976 to 1977 before serving as a member of the Assembly from 1978 to 1986. He was elected to the Senate in 1988. Shoemaker was a Democrat.
Shoemaker was convicted in 1989 of receiving illegal money from a lobbyist, failing to disclose a loan on financial disclosure statements, using his office for personal gain, defrauding his campaign committee and filing false campaign reports.2 He was charged campaign fund fraud and failure to disclose personal gains. He was found guilty and sentenced to 60 days in jail. (1988)345
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References
- "Shoemaker, Richard A. 1951". Wisconsin Historical Society. Archived from the original on 2012-11-09. Retrieved 2011-11-27.
- "21 state lawmakers convicted of crimes in past 35 years".
- "21 state lawmakers convicted of crimes in past 35 years".
- "Madison Wisconsin State Journal Archives, Oct 3, 1989, p. 1". 3 October 1989.
- [1] | Complaints and Investigations under Wisconsin’s Ethics Code | 1985-89 | [2]