Background
Shoemyer, Wes was born on March 30, 1961 in Hannibal, Missouri, United States.
Shoemyer, Wes was born on March 30, 1961 in Hannibal, Missouri, United States.
Attended, University Missouri, Columbia.
The district includes all or portions of thirteen counties in northeast Missouri: Adair, Audain, Clark, Knox, Lewis, Marion, Monroe, Pike, Putnam, Ralls, Schuyler, Scotland, and Shelby. Shoemyer was raised in Shelby County, Missouri and graduated from South Shelby R-IV High School in 1979. He attended the University of Missouri.
Shoemyer was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in 2000 representing the 9th district.
He defeated Bob Behnen, a former Representative for the second district of the Missouri House of Representatives. In the 2010 general election, Shoemyer was defeated by Republican Brian Munzlinger.
Member of Institute Rural America, Missouri Farmers Union, National Farmers Organization, MEMO Grain Processors, Missouri Farm Bureau.
Married Cheryl Shoemyer. Children: Wendy, Laura, Amy, Andrew.