Lazarus Denison Shoemaker (November 5, 1819 – September 11, 1893), also known as L.D. Shoemaker, was an American politician fromPennsylvania who served as aRepublican member of theU.S. House of Representatives forPennsylvania's 12th congressional district from 1871 to 1875.^[1]

Lazarus D. Shoemaker was born inKingston, Pennsylvania on November 5, 1819 to Elijah and Elisabeth S. (Denison) Shoemaker. He attended Nazareth Hall inNazareth, Pennsylvania, andKenyon College inGambier, Ohio. He graduated fromYale College in 1840. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1842 and commenced practice inWilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He was a member of thePennsylvania State Senate for the12th district from 1867 to 1870.^[2][3]

Shoemaker was elected as a Republican to theForty-second andForty-third Congresses. He served as chairman of theUnited States House Committee on Revolutionary Pensions during the Forty-third Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in1874.^[4]

He resumed the practice of his profession and also engaged in banking.^[5]

Shoemaker died in Wilkes-Barre on September 11, 1893, and was interred in the Forty Fort Cemetery inForty Fort, Pennsylvania.^[6][7]

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