92nd General
Assembly
Rep. Wes
Shoemyer, a Democrat, represents Howard County as well as parts of Audrain,
Boone, Chariton and Monroe counties (District 9) in the Missouri House of
Representatives.
Elected to the
House in November 2000, Rep. Shoemyer has owned and operated a family farm in
Monroe County for 20 years.
A recipient of
the American Farmer degree from FFA, Rep. Shoemyer is a member of the Missouri
Farm Bureau; NEMO Grain Processors, an ethanol production facility; National
Farmers Organization and Missouri Farmers Union, state president; Institute for
Rural America, president; Ozark Mountain Pork Processing Plant; and has served
as vice president for the Monroe County Farm Bureau. He attends Oak Grove Baptist Church and is a member of Shelbina
Lodge #228.
A 1979
graduate of South Shelby County R-IV High School, Rep. Shoemyer attended the
University of Missouri-Columbia.
Born March 30,
1961 in Hannibal, Rep. Shoemyer lives in Clarence with his wife, Cheryl. They have four children: Wendy, Laura, Amy
and Andrew.