Lazarus D. Shoemaker
(November 5, 1819 — September 9, 1893) Lazarus Denison Shoemaker was an American politician, lawyer, and banker. Shoemaker was born in Kingston, Pennsylvania in 1819. He graduated from Yale College in 1840 and was admitted to the bar in 1842. Shoemaker served as a member of the State Senate from 1866 to 1870, before being elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives in 1871. He served in the House from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1875. After his service in Congress, Shoemaker continued to practice law and also worked in banking until his death in 1893.
[Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S000375]
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Pennsylvania Delegation - The Civil Rights Act of 1875
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