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Shoemaker was born on a farm in [[Flora Township, Renville County, Minnesota|Flora Township]], [[Renville County, Minnesota|Renville County]], Minnesota, and was self-educated with his mother’s assistance. He engaged in agricultural pursuits and worked for many farm and labor organizations. He was a charter member and organizer of the [[Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party]]. While Shoemaker was an organizer for the [[Nonpartisan League]] in 1920 he was attacked by the pastor of his church as Shoemaker had claimed that despite not being physically fit to enter the army and having a dependent wife was drafted with him being the only married man in the area to be so, but did not appeal the decision. In actuality other married men were drafted, Shoemaker was deemed physically fit, and had filed an appeal to the draft board.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39148018/the_postcrescent/ |title=Francis Shoemaker Scored By Pastor Of Seymour Church |date=8 January 1920 |work=The Post-Crescent |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191117081715/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39148018/the_postcrescent/ |archive-date=17 November 2019 |url-status=live |page=5 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
Shoemaker was born on a farm in [[Flora Township, Renville County, Minnesota|Flora Township]], [[Renville County, Minnesota|Renville County]], Minnesota, and was self-educated with his mother’s assistance. He engaged in agricultural pursuits and worked for many farm and labor organizations. He was a charter member and organizer of the [[Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party]]. While Shoemaker was an organizer for the [[Nonpartisan League]] in 1920 he was attacked by the pastor of his church as Shoemaker had claimed that despite not being physically fit to enter the army and having a dependent wife was drafted with him being the only married man in the area to be so, but did not appeal the decision. In actuality other married men were drafted, Shoemaker was deemed physically fit, and had filed an appeal to the draft board.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39148018/the_postcrescent/ |title=Francis Shoemaker Scored By Pastor Of Seymour Church |date=8 January 1920 |work=The Post-Crescent |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191117081715/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39148018/the_postcrescent/ |archive-date=17 November 2019 |url-status=live |page=5 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>


In 1924 he assisted in organizing the [[Farmer–Labor Party (United States)|Federated Farmer-Labor Party]] at [[Chicago]] in 1924. Shoemaker was nominated for [[Vice President of the United States]], but declined to run. He served as editor and publisher of the ''People’s Voice'' in [[Green Bay, Wisconsin]], from 1921 to 1927, and of the ''Organized Farmer'' in [[Red Wing, Minnesota]] in 1928.
In 1924 he assisted in organizing the [[Farmer–Labor Party (United States)|Federated Farmer-Labor Party]] at [[Chicago]] in 1924. Shoemaker was nominated for [[Vice President of the United States]], but declined to run. He served as editor and publisher of the ''People’s Voice'' in [[Green Bay, Wisconsin]], from 1921 to 1927, and of the ''Organized Farmer'' in [[Red Wing, Minnesota]] in 1928. In 1931 he served nine months at [[United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth|Leavenworth penitentiary]] for sending defamatory material through the mail.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39780937/star_tribune/ |title=F. H. Shoemaker, Farmer-Labor Figure, Dies |date=25 July 1958 |work=Star Tribune |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191129055904/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39780937/star_tribune/ |archive-date=29 November 2019 |url-status=live |page=18 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>


Shoemaker was elected as a Farmer-Laborite to the [[73rd United States Congress|73rd congress]]. During his tenure Shoemaker filed an impeachment resolution against [[United States District Court for the District of Minnesota|United States District Judge]] [[Joseph W. Molyneaux]] which amounted to little.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39148236/star_tribune/ |title=Shoemaker Impeaches Molyneaux |date=21 April 1934 |work=Star Tribune |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191117082834/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39148236/star_tribune/ |archive-date=17 November 2019 |url-status=live |page=5 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39148278/the_minneapolis_star/ |title=Shoemaker Impeaches Molyneaux |date=20 April 1934 |work=The Minneapolis Star |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191117083155/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39148278/the_minneapolis_star/ |archive-date=17 November 2019 |url-status=live |page=1 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> He was not a candidate for renomination in 1934 to the [[74th United States Congress|74th congress]], but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination for [[United States Senator]].
Shoemaker was elected as a Farmer-Laborite to the [[73rd United States Congress|73rd congress]]. A House vote was held to determine whether or not to [[Unseated members of the United States Congress|seat him]] and he was permitted retain his seat with 230 votes in his favor against 75 votes.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39780948/the_minneapolis_star/ |title=Shoemaker, Fiery FL Figure, 69, Dies |date=24 July 1958 |work=The Minneapolis Star |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191129060504/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39780948/the_minneapolis_star/ |archive-date=17 November 2019 |url-status=live |page=1 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> During his tenure Shoemaker filed an impeachment resolution against [[United States District Court for the District of Minnesota|United States District Judge]] [[Joseph W. Molyneaux]] which amounted to little.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39148236/star_tribune/ |title=Shoemaker Impeaches Molyneaux |date=21 April 1934 |work=Star Tribune |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191117082834/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39148236/star_tribune/ |archive-date=17 November 2019 |url-status=live |page=5 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39148278/the_minneapolis_star/ |title=Shoemaker Impeaches Molyneaux |date=20 April 1934 |work=The Minneapolis Star |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191117083155/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39148278/the_minneapolis_star/ |archive-date=17 November 2019 |url-status=live |page=1 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> He was not a candidate for renomination in 1934 to the [[74th United States Congress|74th congress]], but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination for Minnesota's [[1934 United States Senate election in Minnesota|Senate seat]], but lost in the primary to incumbent [[Henrik Shipstead]].


After twenty two years of marriage Shoemaker's wife, Lydgia Schneider, filed for divorce in 1934 due to him openly committing adultery and threatening her.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39148015/the_postcrescent/ |title=Wife of Congressman Gets Divorce Decree |date=27 August 1934 |work=The Post-Crescent |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191117081340/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39148015/the_postcrescent/ |archive-date=17 November 2019 |url-status=live |page=4 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> In 1940 Shoemaker was sent to jail for 90 days after assaulting a neighbor and being accused of throwing hot water into his former wife's face.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39148040/st_cloud_times/ |title=Francis Shoemaker Serves Jail Term |date=27 June 1940 |work=St. Cloud Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191117081506/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39148040/st_cloud_times/ |archive-date=17 November 2019 |url-status=live |page=11 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
After twenty two years of marriage Shoemaker's wife, Lydgia Schneider, filed for divorce in 1934 due to him openly committing adultery and threatening her.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39148015/the_postcrescent/ |title=Wife of Congressman Gets Divorce Decree |date=27 August 1934 |work=The Post-Crescent |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191117081340/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39148015/the_postcrescent/ |archive-date=17 November 2019 |url-status=live |page=4 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> In 1940 Shoemaker was sent to jail for 90 days after assaulting a neighbor and being accused of throwing hot water into his former wife's face.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39148040/st_cloud_times/ |title=Francis Shoemaker Serves Jail Term |date=27 June 1940 |work=St. Cloud Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191117081506/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39148040/st_cloud_times/ |archive-date=17 November 2019 |url-status=live |page=11 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> Later he filed to run in the Farmer-Labor primary for Minnesota's seventh congressional district, but came in last place with 11% of the vote.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39781188/the_minneapolis_star/ |title=Filing Boom as Deadline Nears |date=30 July 1940 |work=The Minneapolis Star |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191129060955/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39781188/the_minneapolis_star/ |archive-date=29 November 2019 |url-status=live |page=4 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>


He then became an unsuccessful Independent candidate for reelection to the [[74th United States Congress|74th congress]]. After an unsuccessful election campaign in 1942 to the [[78th United States Congress|78th congress]], he resumed agricultural pursuits near North [[Redwood Falls, Minnesota|Redwood, Minnesota]]. He died at University of Minnesota Hospitals in [[Minneapolis]] on July 24, 1958,<ref>{{cite news|title=Former State Congressman Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2306469/francis_shoemaker_18891958/|newspaper=The Winona Daily News|date=July 24, 1958|page=1|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = April 28, 2015 }} {{Open access}}</ref> and was buried in Zion Cemetery in Flora Township, Renville County, Minnesota.
He then became an unsuccessful Independent candidate for reelection to the [[74th United States Congress|74th congress]]. After an unsuccessful election campaign in 1942 to the [[78th United States Congress|78th congress]], he resumed agricultural pursuits near North [[Redwood Falls, Minnesota|Redwood, Minnesota]]. He died at University of Minnesota Hospitals in [[Minneapolis]] on July 24, 1958,<ref>{{cite news|title=Former State Congressman Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2306469/francis_shoemaker_18891958/|newspaper=The Winona Daily News|date=July 24, 1958|page=1|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = April 28, 2015 }} {{Open access}}</ref> and was buried in Zion Cemetery in Flora Township, Renville County, Minnesota.

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Francis Shoemaker
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from Minnesota
In office
March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935
Preceded byGeneral ticket adopted
Succeeded byGeneral ticket abolised
ConstituencyGeneral Ticket Seat Nine
Personal details
Born
Francis Henry Shoemaker

(1889-04-25)April 25, 1889
Flora Township, Minnesota
DiedJuly 24, 1958(1958-07-24) (aged 69)
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Political partyFarmer–Labor Party
Other political
affiliations		Nonpartisan League
Progressive[1]
SpouseLydgia Schneider (1912-1934)
Parents
  • Francis M. Shoemaker (father)
  • Regina D. Shoemaker (mother)

Francis Henry Shoemaker (April 25, 1889 – July 24, 1958) was a Representative from Minnesota.

Background

Shoemaker was born on a farm in Flora Township, Renville County, Minnesota, and was self-educated with his mother’s assistance. He engaged in agricultural pursuits and worked for many farm and labor organizations. He was a charter member and organizer of the Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party. While Shoemaker was an organizer for the Nonpartisan League in 1920 he was attacked by the pastor of his church as Shoemaker had claimed that despite not being physically fit to enter the army and having a dependent wife was drafted with him being the only married man in the area to be so, but did not appeal the decision. In actuality other married men were drafted, Shoemaker was deemed physically fit, and had filed an appeal to the draft board.[2]

In 1924 he assisted in organizing the Federated Farmer-Labor Party at Chicago in 1924. Shoemaker was nominated for Vice President of the United States, but declined to run. He served as editor and publisher of the People’s Voice in Green Bay, Wisconsin, from 1921 to 1927, and of the Organized Farmer in Red Wing, Minnesota in 1928. In 1931 he served nine months at Leavenworth penitentiary for sending defamatory material through the mail.[3]

Shoemaker was elected as a Farmer-Laborite to the 73rd congress. A House vote was held to determine whether or not to seat him and he was permitted retain his seat with 230 votes in his favor against 75 votes.[4] During his tenure Shoemaker filed an impeachment resolution against United States District Judge Joseph W. Molyneaux which amounted to little.[5][6] He was not a candidate for renomination in 1934 to the 74th congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination for Minnesota's Senate seat, but lost in the primary to incumbent Henrik Shipstead.

After twenty two years of marriage Shoemaker's wife, Lydgia Schneider, filed for divorce in 1934 due to him openly committing adultery and threatening her.[7] In 1940 Shoemaker was sent to jail for 90 days after assaulting a neighbor and being accused of throwing hot water into his former wife's face.[8] Later he filed to run in the Farmer-Labor primary for Minnesota's seventh congressional district, but came in last place with 11% of the vote.[9]

He then became an unsuccessful Independent candidate for reelection to the 74th congress. After an unsuccessful election campaign in 1942 to the 78th congress, he resumed agricultural pursuits near North Redwood, Minnesota. He died at University of Minnesota Hospitals in Minneapolis on July 24, 1958,[10] and was buried in Zion Cemetery in Flora Township, Renville County, Minnesota.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Shoemaker Candidate". Stevens Point Journal. 7 July 1928. p. 5. Archived from the original on 17 November 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Francis Shoemaker Scored By Pastor Of Seymour Church". The Post-Crescent. 8 January 1920. p. 5. Archived from the original on 17 November 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "F. H. Shoemaker, Farmer-Labor Figure, Dies". Star Tribune. 25 July 1958. p. 18. Archived from the original on 29 November 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Shoemaker, Fiery FL Figure, 69, Dies". The Minneapolis Star. 24 July 1958. p. 1. Archived from the original on 17 November 2019 – via Newspapers.com. {{cite news}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 29 November 2019 suggested (help)
  5. ^ "Shoemaker Impeaches Molyneaux". Star Tribune. 21 April 1934. p. 5. Archived from the original on 17 November 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Shoemaker Impeaches Molyneaux". The Minneapolis Star. 20 April 1934. p. 1. Archived from the original on 17 November 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Wife of Congressman Gets Divorce Decree". The Post-Crescent. 27 August 1934. p. 4. Archived from the original on 17 November 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Francis Shoemaker Serves Jail Term". St. Cloud Times. 27 June 1940. p. 11. Archived from the original on 17 November 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Filing Boom as Deadline Nears". The Minneapolis Star. 30 July 1940. p. 4. Archived from the original on 29 November 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Former State Congressman Dies". The Winona Daily News. July 24, 1958. p. 1. Retrieved April 28, 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon

Sources

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by U.S. Representative from Minnesota
General Ticket Seat Nine
1933 – 1935 		Succeeded by
General ticket Abolished
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