Lazarus D. Shoemaker

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Lazarus Denison Shoemaker (November 5, 1819 – September 11, 1893), also known as L.D. Shoemaker, was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district from 1871 to 1875."[https://www.newspapers.com/image/48322139/?terms=%22Lazarus%20Shoemaker%22&match=1 Hon. L.D. Shoemaker Is Dead]." Scranton, Pennsylvania: The Scranton Republican, September 11, 1893, p. 8 (subscription required).

Biography

Lazarus D. Shoemaker was born in Kingston, Pennsylvania on November 5, 1819 to Elijah and Elisabeth S. (Denison) Shoemaker. He attended Nazareth Hall in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, and Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. He graduated from Yale College in 1840. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1842 and commenced practice in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 12th district from 1867 to 1870.{{cite web |title=Pennsylvania State Senate - Lazarus D Shoemaker Biography |url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=5461&body=S |website=www.legis.state.pa.us |accessdate=29 April 2019}}"Hon. L.D. Shoemaker Is Dead," The Scranton Republican, September 11, 1893, p. 8.

Shoemaker was elected as a Republican to the Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Revolutionary Pensions during the Forty-third Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1874."Hon. L.D. Shoemaker Is Dead," The Scranton Republican, September 11, 1893, p. 8.

He resumed the practice of his profession and also engaged in banking."Hon. L.D. Shoemaker Is Dead," The Scranton Republican, September 11, 1893, p. 8.

Death and interment

Shoemaker died in Wilkes-Barre on September 11, 1893, and was interred in the Forty Fort Cemetery in Forty Fort, Pennsylvania.{{cite web |title=Pennsylvania State Senate - Lazarus D Shoemaker Biography |url=https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/BiosHistory/MemBio.cfm?ID=5461&body=S |website=www.legis.state.pa.us |accessdate=29 April 2019}}"Hon. L.D. Shoemaker Is Dead," The Scranton Republican, September 11, 1893, p. 8.