Lazarus Denison Shoemaker

Lazarus Denison Shoemaker

Lazarus Denison Shoemaker (born November 5, 1819 in Kingston , Luzerne County , Pennsylvania , †  September 9, 1893 in Wilkes-Barre , Pennsylvania) was an American politician . Between 1871 and 1875 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Lazarus Shoemaker visited the Nazareth Hall College in Pennsylvania and the Kenyon College in Gambier ( Ohio ). He then studied at Yale College until 1840 . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1842, he began to work in this profession in Wilkes-Barre. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . Between 1866 and 1870 he was a member of the Pennsylvania Senate .

In the congressional elections of 1870 Shoemaker was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the twelfth constituency of Pennsylvania , where he succeeded Democrat George Washington Woodward on March 4, 1871 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1875 . From 1873 he was chairman of the committee that dealt with pension claims from the revolutionary era ( Committee on Revolutionary Pensions ). In 1874 he renounced another candidacy.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Lazarus Shoemaker practiced as a lawyer again. He also got into the banking industry. He died on September 9, 1893 in Wilkes-Barre.

Web links

• Lazarus Denison Shoemaker in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Lazarus Denison Shoemaker in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
George Washington Woodward	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (12th constituency) March 4, 1871 - March 3, 1875	Winthrop Welles Ketcham