John J. Shumaker | |
State Senate: | Pennsylvania |
District: | 15th |
Term Start: | April 11, 1983[1] |
Term End: | August 31, 1995[2] |
Predecessor: | George Gekas |
Successor: | Jeffrey E. Piccola |
Birth Date: | 13 March 1929[3] |
Birth Place: | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States |
Death Date: | [4] |
Death Place: | Lower Paxton Township, Pennsylvania, United States |
John J. Shumaker (March 13, 1929 – October 13, 1999) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 15th district from 1983 to 1995. He was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.[5] He died on October 13, 1999, and is interred at the Indiantown Gap National Cemetery in Annville, Pennsylvania.[6]
In 1988, the Senator John J. Shumaker Public Safety Center was opened just north of the Harrisburg Area Community College Harrisburg campus and named in his honor.[7]