- Mike Shoemaker
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Mike Shoemaker Member of the Ohio Senate
from the 17th districtIn office
February 5, 1997-December 31, 2002Preceded by Jan Michael Long Succeeded by John Carey Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
from the 91st districtIn office
January 3, 1983-February 8, 1997Preceded by Myrl Shoemaker Succeeded by Joseph P. Sulzer Personal details Born 1945 (age 65–66)
Nipgen, Ross County, OhioPolitical party Democratic Michael C. Shoemaker (born 1945) is an American politician of the Democratic party.[1] He was born in 1945 in Nipgen, Ohio (Ross County). Shoemaker's father, Myrl Shoemaker, was Lieutenant Governor of Ohio.
"Mike" Shoemaker received a Bachelor of Science in Education from Capital University in Columbus, Ohio and a Master of Education from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. He began his 10-year teaching career as a math instructor and football coach in Southern Ohio. In 1977, he left education and started his own home construction business. In 1982, he was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives.
Shoemaker served from 1983 to 1997 in the Ohio House of Representatives. He was appointed to the Ohio Senate in 1997. He lost his bid to represent the 17th District in 2002 to State Sen. John Carey Jr (R-Welston). While a legislator, Shoemaker opposed school vouchers and supported greater accountability for homeschooling. He also sponsored legislation that led to the creation of the Ohio Department of Aging.
Shoemaker was appointed executive director of the Ohio School Facilities Commission by Ohio Governor Ted Strickland in February 2007. While a member of the Ohio General Assembly, Shoemaker opposed the creation of the OSFC, although he served for five years as a non-voting member from 1995 to 2000.
Shoemaker and his wife Kathy currently live near Circleville, Ohio.
References
- ^ Winburn, Jonathan (2008-03). The realities of redistricting: following the rules and limiting gerrymandering in state legislative redistricting. Lexington Books. pp. 160–. ISBN 9780739121856. http://books.google.com/books?id=MPuJGLJWtQ8C&pg=PA160. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
Categories:- Living people
- Ohio State Senators
- Members of the Ohio House of Representatives
- Ohio Democrats
- People from Ross County, Ohio
- People from Pickaway County, Ohio
- Capital University alumni
- Xavier University alumni
- 1945 births
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