death_date term birth_date term_end death_place image_size preceded state_house order term_start name caption succeeded predecessor birth_place party office state district governor successor article_title
30 july 1985 january 3 , 1967-december 31 , 1982 14 april 1913 july 30 , 1985 bourneville , ohio 200px '' districts established '' ohio 57th january 10 , 1983 myrl shoemaker myrl shoemaker in 1981 mike shoemaker george voinovich chillicothe , ohio democrat lieutenant governor of ohio ohio 88th dick celeste paul r. leonard myrl shoemaker

myrl shoemaker

myrl howard shoemaker -lrb- april 14 , 1913 -- july 30 , 1985 -rrb- was an american politician of the democratic party who served as the 57th lieutenant governor of ohio from 1983 until his death in 1985 .
shoemaker served for 24 years in the ohio house of representatives .
celeste 's choice of shoemaker for lieutenant governor was pivotal for him to receive downstate support in the election to offset the political support of his opponent , u.s. rep. clarence j. `` bud '' brown jr. .
wags claimed that if elected , celeste would be the governor above interstate 70 and shoemaker would be the governor below interstate 70 , the highway that bisects ohio .
he was elected lieutenant governor in 1982 as running mate of richard f. celeste .
shoemaker died of cancer in 1985 while serving as lieutenant governor .
his son mike shoemaker served for many years in the ohio house of representatives and the ohio state senate .
the convocation center on the campus of the university of cincinnati bears his name .
the main arena is sponsored by fifth third bank and is legally named `` fifth third arena at shoemaker center '' .
