14 Facts About Francis Shoemaker

Francis Henry Shoemaker was a US Representative from Minnesota.

Francis Shoemaker engaged in agricultural pursuits and worked for many farm and labor organizations.

Francis Shoemaker was a charter member and organizer of the Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party.

In 1920, while Francis Shoemaker was an organizer for the Nonpartisan League, he was criticized by Harry Milford, the pastor of his church.

Francis Shoemaker had claimed that he was drafted despite not being physically fit to enter the army and having a dependent wife, being the only married man in the area to be so.

Francis Shoemaker said that he would not appeal the decision, but would gain retribution after returning.

Milford stated that other married men were drafted, Francis Shoemaker was deemed physically fit, and had filed an appeal to the draft board.

Francis Shoemaker was nominated for Vice President of the United States, but declined to run.

Francis Shoemaker served as editor and publisher of the People's Voice, Green Bay Farmer, and Progressive Farmer newspapers in Green Bay, Wisconsin, from 1921 to 1927, and of the Organized Farmer newspaper in Red Wing, Minnesota in 1928.

Francis Shoemaker was elected as a Farmer-Laborite to the 73rd congress.

Francis Shoemaker 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.

In 1940 Francis 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.

Francis Shoemaker then became an unsuccessful Independent candidate for reelection to the 74th congress.

Francis Shoemaker died at University of Minnesota Hospitals in Minneapolis on July 24,1958, and was buried in Zion Cemetery in Flora Township, Renville County, Minnesota.