# Richard Shoemaker

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American politician

**Richard Shoemaker** is a former member of the [Wisconsin State Assembly](/source/Wisconsin_State_Assembly) and the [Wisconsin State Senate](/source/Wisconsin_State_Senate).

## Biography

Shoemaker was born on June 11, 1951, in [Beloit, Wisconsin](/source/Beloit%2C_Wisconsin).[1] He graduated from [Menomonie High School](/source/Menomonie_High_School) in [Menomonie, Wisconsin](/source/Menomonie%2C_Wisconsin) and the [University of Wisconsin-Stout](/source/University_of_Wisconsin-Stout). Shoemaker is married with two children.

## Career

Shoemaker was Supervisor of [Dunn County, Wisconsin](/source/Dunn_County%2C_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](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)).

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. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Shoemaker, Richard A. 1951"](https://web.archive.org/web/20121109145939/http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=2816&term_type_id=1&term_type_text=People&letter=S). Wisconsin Historical Society. Archived from [the original](http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=2816&term_type_id=1&term_type_text=people&letter=S) on 2012-11-09. Retrieved 2011-11-27.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["21 state lawmakers convicted of crimes in past 35 years"](https://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/state-lawmakers-convicted-of-crimes-in-past-years/article_1d46665b-fed2-53dc-804c-b9714a4a920f.html).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["21 state lawmakers convicted of crimes in past 35 years"](https://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/state-lawmakers-convicted-of-crimes-in-past-years/article_1d46665b-fed2-53dc-804c-b9714a4a920f.html).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Madison Wisconsin State Journal Archives, Oct 3, 1989, p. 1"](https://newspaperarchive.com/madison-wisconsin-state-journal-oct-03-1989-p-1/). 3 October 1989.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [\[1\]](https://elections.wi.gov) | Complaints and Investigations under Wisconsin’s Ethics Code | 1985-89 | [\[2\]](https://elections.wi.gov/sites/default/files/publication/66/622_enforcement85_89_pdf_12403.pdf)

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