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)[3][4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Shoemaker, Richard A. 1951". Wisconsin Historical Society. Archived from the original on 2012-11-09. Retrieved 2011-11-27.
  2. ^ "21 state lawmakers convicted of crimes in past 35 years".
  3. ^ "21 state lawmakers convicted of crimes in past 35 years".
  4. ^ "Madison Wisconsin State Journal Archives, Oct 3, 1989, p. 1". 3 October 1989.
  5. ^ [1] | Complaints and Investigations under Wisconsin’s Ethics Code | 1985-89 | [2]
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