124th Ohio General Assembly
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The 124th Ohio General Assembly was the legislative body of the state of Ohio in 2001 and 2002. In this General Assembly, both the Ohio Senate
Ohio Senate
The Ohio State Senate is the upper house of the Ohio General Assembly, the legislative body for the U.S. state of Ohio. There are 33 State Senators. The state legislature meets in the state capital, Columbus. The President of the Senate presides over the body when in session, and is currently Tom...

 and the Ohio House of Representatives
Ohio House of Representatives
The Ohio House of Representatives is the lower house of the Ohio General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio; the other house of the bicameral legislature being the Ohio Senate....

 were controlled by the Republican Party
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

. In the Senate, there were 21 Republicans and 12 Democrats
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

. In the House, there were 60 Republicans and 39 Democrats. It was also the last General Assembly to use redistricted legislative districts after the 1990 United States Census.

Vacancies

  • January 16, 2001: Senator Roy Ray
    Roy Ray
    Roy Lee Ray was a member of the Ohio Senate, serving the 27th district from 1987 to 2001. His district encompassed portions of Akron. In 2001, he resigned and was succeeded by Kevin Coughlin.-External links:***...

     (R-27th) resigns.
  • February 5, 2001: Representative Kevin Coughlin
    Kevin Coughlin
    Kevin J. Coughlin is a former Republican member of the Ohio Senate, who represented the 27th District from 2001 to 2010. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1997 until 2000...

     (R-46th) resigns to take a seat in the Ohio Senate
    Ohio Senate
    The Ohio State Senate is the upper house of the Ohio General Assembly, the legislative body for the U.S. state of Ohio. There are 33 State Senators. The state legislature meets in the state capital, Columbus. The President of the Senate presides over the body when in session, and is currently Tom...

    .
  • September 18, 2001: Senator Bruce Johnson (R-3rd) resigns to become Director of Development in the cabinet of Governor Bob Taft
    Bob Taft
    Robert Alphonso "Bob" Taft II is an Ohio Republican Party politician. He was elected to two terms of office as the 67th Governor of the U.S. state of Ohio between 1999-2007. After leaving office, Taft started working for the University of Dayton beginning August 15, 2007.-Personal background:Taft...

    .
  • October 2, 2001: Representative David Goodman
    David Goodman (politician)
    David Goodman is a Republican politician who served in the Ohio General Assembly. He is the director of the Ohio Department of Commerce.-Life and career:...

     (R-25th) resigns to become a member of the Ohio Senate
    Ohio Senate
    The Ohio State Senate is the upper house of the Ohio General Assembly, the legislative body for the U.S. state of Ohio. There are 33 State Senators. The state legislature meets in the state capital, Columbus. The President of the Senate presides over the body when in session, and is currently Tom...

    .
  • October 17, 2001: Representative Dan Metelsky
    Dan Metelsky
    Dan Metelsky was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1996-2001. His district consisted of a portion of Lorain County, Ohio. He was succeeded by Joseph Koziura....

     (D-61) resigns to become Deputy Director of the Ohio Lottery.
  • December 5, 2001: Senator Rhine McLin
    Rhine McLin
    Rhine Lana McLin is an American Democratic politician from Ohio. McLin received her Bachelor of Arts in sociology and secondary education from Parsons College and her Master of Education in guidance counseling from Xavier University...

     (D-5th) resigns to become Mayor of Dayton, Ohio
    Dayton, Ohio
    Dayton is the 6th largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County, the fifth most populous county in the state. The population was 141,527 at the 2010 census. The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 841,502 in the 2010 census...

    .
  • December 31, 2001: Representative Jack Ford (D-49th) resigns to become Mayor of Toledo, Ohio
    Toledo, Ohio
    Toledo is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Lucas County. Toledo is in northwest Ohio, on the western end of Lake Erie, and borders the State of Michigan...

    .
  • February 9, 2002: Representative Peter Lawson Jones
    Peter Lawson Jones
    Peter Lawson Jones is an African American politician of the Democratic party. A resident of Shaker Heights, Ohio, he currently serves as a county commissioner in Cuyahoga County....

     (D-11th) resigns to become a Cuyahoga County, Ohio
    Cuyahoga County, Ohio
    Cuyahoga County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. It is the most populous county in Ohio; as of the 2010 census, the population was 1,280,122. Its county seat is Cleveland. Cuyahoga County is part of Greater Cleveland, a metropolitan area, and Northeast Ohio, a...

     Commissioner
  • February 13, 2002: Representative John E. Barnes Jr.
    John E. Barnes Jr.
    John Barnes is a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the Twelfth District since 2011. He formerly served in the same seat for two terms from January 1999 to February 2002.-Career:...

     (D-12th) resigns to become Director of Community Relations for Cleveland, Ohio.
  • December 19, 2002: Senator Tim Ryan (D-32nd) resigns due to his election to the United States House of Representatives
    United States House of Representatives
    The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...

    .
  • December 31, 2002: Senator Priscilla D. Mead (R-16th) resigns.

Appointments

  • February 6, 2001: Kevin Coughlin
    Kevin Coughlin
    Kevin J. Coughlin is a former Republican member of the Ohio Senate, who represented the 27th District from 2001 to 2010. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1997 until 2000...

     appointed to the 27th Senatorial District due to the resignation of Roy Ray
    Roy Ray
    Roy Lee Ray was a member of the Ohio Senate, serving the 27th district from 1987 to 2001. His district encompassed portions of Akron. In 2001, he resigned and was succeeded by Kevin Coughlin.-External links:***...

    .
  • February 12, 2001: John Widowfield
    John Widowfield
    John Widowfield is a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 42nd District from 2003 to 2008. He resigned amid allegations that he had purchased Ohio State University football tickets with money from his campaign and then sold them for profit.-External...

     appointed to the 46th House District due to the resignation of Kevin Coughlin
    Kevin Coughlin
    Kevin J. Coughlin is a former Republican member of the Ohio Senate, who represented the 27th District from 2001 to 2010. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1997 until 2000...

    .
  • October 2, 2001: David Goodman
    David Goodman (politician)
    David Goodman is a Republican politician who served in the Ohio General Assembly. He is the director of the Ohio Department of Commerce.-Life and career:...

     appointed to the 3rd Senatorial District due to the resignation of Bruce Johnson.
  • October 10, 2001: Jim McGregor
    Jim McGregor
    Jim McGregor is a Republican politician who was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 20th District from 2001 to 2008.-Life and career:...

     appointed to the 25th House District due to the resignation of David Goodman
    David Goodman (politician)
    David Goodman is a Republican politician who served in the Ohio General Assembly. He is the director of the Ohio Department of Commerce.-Life and career:...

    .
  • October 30, 2001: Joseph Koziura
    Joseph Koziura
    Joseph Koziura is a Democratic politician who served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1985 to 1995 and again from 2001 until 2010.-Life and career:...

     appointed to the 61st House District due to the resignation of Dan Metelsky
    Dan Metelsky
    Dan Metelsky was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1996-2001. His district consisted of a portion of Lorain County, Ohio. He was succeeded by Joseph Koziura....

    .
  • January 8, 2002: Edna Brown
    Edna Brown
    Edna Brown of Toledo, Ohio, is a Democratic member of the Ohio Senate who has represented the 11th District since 2011. She served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 2002-2010...

     appointed to the 49th House District due to the resignation of Jack Ford.
  • January 9, 2002: Tom Roberts
    Tom Roberts (Ohio politician)
    Tom Roberts is an Ohio Democratic politician who formerly served as a member of the Ohio General Assembly. When Ed Orlett resigned from the Ohio House of Representatives in 1986, House Democrats appointed Roberts to serve the remainder of his term...

     appointed to the 5th Senatorial District due to the resignation of Rhine McLin
    Rhine McLin
    Rhine Lana McLin is an American Democratic politician from Ohio. McLin received her Bachelor of Arts in sociology and secondary education from Parsons College and her Master of Education in guidance counseling from Xavier University...

    .
  • February 13, 2002: Michael DeBose
    Michael DeBose
    Michael DeBose is a former Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives. He was first elected to that position on 13 February 2002....

     appointed to the 12th House District due to the resignation of John E. Barnes Jr.
    John E. Barnes Jr.
    John Barnes is a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the Twelfth District since 2011. He formerly served in the same seat for two terms from January 1999 to February 2002.-Career:...

  • February 20, 2002: Lance Mason
    Lance Mason
    Lance T. Mason is a judge for the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas. He formerly was Democratic member of the Ohio Senate, and represented the 25th District from 2007 to 2008. Nina Turner currently represents his former district. Prior to that, he was a member of the Ohio House of...

     appointed to the 11th House District due to the resignation of Peter Lawson Jones
    Peter Lawson Jones
    Peter Lawson Jones is an African American politician of the Democratic party. A resident of Shaker Heights, Ohio, he currently serves as a county commissioner in Cuyahoga County....

    .

Majority leadership

  • President of the Senate: Richard Finan
    Richard Finan
    Richard H. Finan is a Republican politician who formerly served in the Ohio General Assembly. An attorney, Finan was initially elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 1972, representing a suburban Cincinnati district. He was easily reelected in 1974 and 1976.In 1978, Senator Michael...

  • President pro tempore of the Senate: Bruce Johnson
  • Assistant pro tempore: Jay Hottinger
  • Whip: Randy Gardner
    Randy Gardner (Ohio politician)
    Randall L. Gardner is an American politician, currently a Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 6th District since 2008. He formerly held the same seat from 1985 to 2000, and was a member of the Ohio Senate from 2001 to 2008...


Minority leadership

  • Leader: Leigh Herington
    Leigh Herington
    Leigh Herington is an Ohio Democratic politician and a former member of the Ohio Senate. Herington was a long-serving local attorney and Chairman of the Portage County Democratic Party when appointed to replace Senator Bob Nettle in 1995, who had resigned...

  • Assistant Leader: Greg DiDonato
    Greg DiDonato
    Gregory L. DiDonato of Dennison, Ohio, is an American politician of the Democratic party. While still in high school, DiDonato was elected to the village council of Dennison, Ohio. At age 21, he was elected mayor of the Village of Dennison. He was re-elected mayor in 1987. While in college, he...

  • Whip: Dan Brady
    Dan Brady
    Daniel R. Brady of Cleveland, Ohio, is an American politician of the Democratic party. Brady holds a bachelor of arts degree in history and political science from Ohio University. An early staff member of Ohio Citizen Action, Brady was a member of the Cleveland city council from 1986 to 1996. Brady...

  • Assistant Whip: Mark Mallory

Members of the 124th Senate

District Senator Party First elected
1 Lynn Wachtmann
Lynn Wachtmann
Lynn Wachtmann is a Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, who has represented the 75th District since 2007. Prior to his term in the House, Wachtmann was a two-term state Senator, representing the 1st District of the Ohio Senate from 1999 to 2006, and the 83rd District of the Ohio...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_01.html
Republican 1998
2 Randy Gardner
Randy Gardner (Ohio politician)
Randall L. Gardner is an American politician, currently a Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 6th District since 2008. He formerly held the same seat from 1985 to 2000, and was a member of the Ohio Senate from 2001 to 2008...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_02.html
Republican 2000
3 David Goodman
David Goodman (politician)
David Goodman is a Republican politician who served in the Ohio General Assembly. He is the director of the Ohio Department of Commerce.-Life and career:...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_03.html
Republican 2001 (Appt.)
4 Scott Nein
Scott Nein
Scott R. Nein of Middletown, Ohio, is an American politician of the Republican party, who formerly served in the Ohio General Assembly. An insurance agent, Nein was encouraged by John Boehner to run for the Ohio House of Representatives to succeed him in 1990. He did so, and ended up winning the...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_04.html
Republican 1995 (Appt.)
5 Tom Roberts
Tom Roberts (Ohio politician)
Tom Roberts is an Ohio Democratic politician who formerly served as a member of the Ohio General Assembly. When Ed Orlett resigned from the Ohio House of Representatives in 1986, House Democrats appointed Roberts to serve the remainder of his term...

Democratic 2002 (Appt.)
6 Jeff Jacobson
Jeff Jacobson (Ohio)
Jeff Jacobson was a Republican member of the Ohio Senate, representing the 6th District starting 2001. Previously he was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1992 until 2000....

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_06.html
Republican 2000
7 Richard Finan
Richard Finan
Richard H. Finan is a Republican politician who formerly served in the Ohio General Assembly. An attorney, Finan was initially elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 1972, representing a suburban Cincinnati district. He was easily reelected in 1974 and 1976.In 1978, Senator Michael...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_07.html
Republican 1978 (Appt.)
8 Lou Blessing
Lou Blessing
Louis W. Blessing Jr. of Cincinnati, Ohio, is an American politician of the Republican party. He is Speaker pro tempore of the Ohio House of Representatives.-Career:...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_08.html
Republican 1996
9 Mark Mallory http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_09.html Democratic 1998
10 Steve Austria
Steve Austria
Stephen Clement "Steve" Austria is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2009. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district stretches from Springfield to the southern suburbs of Columbus....

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_10.html
Republican 2000
11 Linda J. Furney
Linda J. Furney
Linda Furney was a member of the Ohio Senate from 1987 to 2002. She represented the 11th District, which encompasses all of Toledo, Ohio, and some surrounding communities. Barred by term limits in 2002, she was forced to leave office and was succeeded by Teresa Fedor.-External links:*...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_11.html
Democratic 1986
12 Jim Jordan
Jim Jordan (Ohio politician)
James Daniel "Jim" Jordan is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2007. He is a member of the Republican Party...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_12.html
Republican 2000
13 Jeff Armbruster
Jeff Armbruster
Jeffry Armbruster is an Ohio politician. He served two terms as the mayor of North Ridgeville, Ohio and represented the 13th district in the Ohio Senate from 1999 to 2006. He is the safety service director of North Ridgeville.-References:...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_13.html
Republican 1998
14 Doug White
Doug White
Doug White of Manchester, Ohio, is an American politician of the Republican party who served as president of the Ohio Senate for two years, from 2003 to 2005....

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_14.html
Republican 1996 (Appt.)
15 Ben Espy
Ben Espy
Ben E. Espy is a Democratic politician who formerly served in the Ohio Senate. A member of Columbus City Council from 1982 to 1992, Espy went on to obtain an appointment to the Ohio Senate after Senator Richard Pfeiffer resigned in 1992...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_15.html
Democratic 1992 (Appt.)
16 Priscilla D. Mead http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_16.html Republican 2000
17 Michael Shoemaker http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_17.html Democratic 1997 (Appt.)
18 Robert A. Gardner
Robert A. Gardner (politician)
Robert Gardner is an Ohio politician and former Republican member of the Ohio Senate. He represented the 18th District, which encompasses all of Lake County as well as portions of Cuyahoga and Geauga, from 1997 to 2004. He was succeeded by Tim Grendell...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_18.html
Republican 1996
19 Bill Harris
Bill Harris (Ohio politician)
Bill Harris is a Republican politician, who served in the Ohio General Assembly, notably as President of the Ohio Senate from 2005 to 2010.-Life and career:...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_19.html
Republican 2000 (Appt.)
20 James E. Carnes
James E. Carnes
James E. Carnes was a member of the Ohio Senate from 1995 to 2004, representing the 20th District, which encompasses much of Southeastern Ohio. He was succeeded by Joy Padgett, who was appointed to fill out the remainder of his term upon his resignation in 2004.-External links:*...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_20.html
Republican 1995 (Appt.)
21 C.J. Prentiss http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_21.html Democratic 1998
22 Ron Amstutz
Ron Amstutz
Ron Amstutz is a Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 3rd District since 2009. Prior to his current time in the House, he served in the Ohio Senate, representing the 22nd District from 2001 to 2008, and an early stint in the same House seat from 1981 to 2000...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_22.html
Republican 2000
23 Dan Brady
Dan Brady
Daniel R. Brady of Cleveland, Ohio, is an American politician of the Democratic party. Brady holds a bachelor of arts degree in history and political science from Ohio University. An early staff member of Ohio Citizen Action, Brady was a member of the Cleveland city council from 1986 to 1996. Brady...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_23.html
Democratic 1998
24 Robert Spada
Robert Spada
Robert F. Spada is a former Republican member of the Ohio Senate, representing the 24th District of the U.S. state of Ohio from 1999 to 2008.- External links :* official Ohio Senate website* profile*Follow the Money - Robert F Spada...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_24.html
Republican 1999 (Appt.)
25 Eric Fingerhut
Eric Fingerhut
Eric David Fingerhut is an American politician of the Ohio Democratic party. Fingerhut was appointed the Chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents on March 14, 2007 by Governor Ted Strickland. This position makes him a member of the Ohio Governor's Cabinet...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_25.html
Democratic 1998
26 Larry Mumper
Larry Mumper
Larry A. Mumper is a former Republican member of the Ohio Senate, representing the 26th District from 1997 to 2008.-External links:* profile*Follow the Money - Larry Mumper** campaign contributions...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_26.html
Republican 1997 (Appt.)
27 Kevin Coughlin
Kevin Coughlin
Kevin J. Coughlin is a former Republican member of the Ohio Senate, who represented the 27th District from 2001 to 2010. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1997 until 2000...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_27.html
Republican 2001 (Appt.)
28 Leigh Herington
Leigh Herington
Leigh Herington is an Ohio Democratic politician and a former member of the Ohio Senate. Herington was a long-serving local attorney and Chairman of the Portage County Democratic Party when appointed to replace Senator Bob Nettle in 1995, who had resigned...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_28.html
Democratic 1995 (Appt.)
29 Scott Oelslager
Scott Oelslager
Scott Oelslager is a Republican politician from Ohio. He was first appointed to the Ohio Senate in 1985, and was re-elected in 1987 with 52% of the vote. He was re-elected for three further terms. In 2002 he was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives for the 51st district, and was re-elected...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_29.html
Republican 1985 (Appt.)
30 Gregory L. DiDonato http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_30.html Democratic 1996
31 Jay Hottinger http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_31.html Republican 1998 (Appt.)
32 Tim Ryan http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_32.html Democratic 2000
33 Bob Hagan
Bob Hagan
Robert F. Hagan is an American politician affiliated with the Democratic party who has held a seat in the Ohio House of Representatives for the Sixtieth District since 2007...

 http://www.senate.state.oh.us/senators/bios/sd_33.html
Democratic 1997 (Appt.)

Majority leadership

  • Speaker of the House: Larry Householder
    Larry Householder
    Larry Householder of Glenford, Ohio, is an American politician of the Republican party who served as speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2001 to 2005....

  • President pro tempore of the Senate: Gary Cates
    Gary Cates
    Gary Cates is a Republican politician who served in the Ohio General Assembly. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1995 to 2004, and a member of the Ohio Senate from 2005 to 2011.-Life and career:...

  • Floor Leader: Patricia Clancy
  • Assistant Majority Floor Leader: Steve Buehrer
    Steve Buehrer
    Stephen P. Buehrer is a former Republican member of the Ohio Senate who represented the 1st District, and was an unsuccessful candidate for U.S. Congress in the special election for Ohio's 5th congressional district to replace the late Paul Gillmor...

  • Majority Whip: Jim Trakas
    Jim Trakas
    James Peter Trakas is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives, and was the Republican nominee for the United States House of Representatives in Ohio's 10th congressional district in 2008....

  • Assistant Majority Whip: Jon Peterson
    Jon Peterson
    Jon Peterson is a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 2nd District from 2000 to 2008. Peterson has served as Delaware County Auditor, and currently serves as the Delaware County Treasurer.-External links:*...


Minority leadership

  • Leader: Jack Ford
  • Assistant Leader: Charlie Wilson
    Charlie Wilson (Ohio politician)
    Charles A. "Charlie" Wilson is the former U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Democratic Party. He previously served in the Ohio State Senate and the Ohio House of Representatives...

  • Whip: Erin Sullivan
    Erin Sullivan
    Erin Sullivan was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, serving from 1998-2002. Her district consisted of much of lower Cuyahoga County, Ohio. She was preceded by Tom Patton.-External links:*...

  • Assistant Whip: Dale Miller
    Dale Miller
    Dale Miller is a former Democratic member of the Cuyahoga County Council, serving since January 1, 2011. He served in the Ohio Senate from 2006 to 2010, and in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1997 to 2006...


Members of the 124th House of Representatives

District Representative Party First Elected
1 John R. Willamowski
John R. Willamowski
John Willamowski is a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives.-External links:*http://www.house.state.oh.us/index.php?option=com_displaymembers&task=detail&district=4...

Rep 1997 (Appt.)
2 Tom Raga
Tom Raga
Thomas A. Raga is an American politician of the Republican Party who previously represented the Sixty-seventh District in the Ohio House of Representatives. In February 2006, he was named by J. Kenneth Blackwell as his running mate in the May 2, 2006, primary for Governor and Lieutenant Governor...

Rep 2000
3 Chuck Blasdel
Chuck Blasdel
Chuck Blasdel is a former Speaker Pro-Tempore in the Ohio House of Representatives., and was the Representative of Ohio's 1st district from 2001 through 2006. He was the Republican nominee for U.S. Congress in Ohio's 6th congressional district....

Rep 2000
4 Bob Latta
Bob Latta
Robert Edward 'Bob' Latta is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2007. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district, the second-largest in the state, includes most of Toledo's suburbs, including Fremont and Bowling Green....

Rep 2000
5 George Distel
George Distel
George Distel is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 99th District from 1999-2008. He currently is the Administrator of the Ohio Turnpike Commission....

Dem 1999 (Appt.)
6 Tim Schaffer
Tim Schaffer
Tim Schaffer is a Republican member of the Ohio Senate who has represented the 31st District since 2007. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2001 until 2006. He serves as Chairman of the Senate Ways and Means and Economic Development Committee.-Career:Schaffer holds a B.A...

Rep 2000
7 Jim Carmichael
Jim Carmichael
James F. Carmichael, also known as Jim Carmichael, is a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 3rd District from 2000–2008. He currently is a commissioner for Wayne County.-External links:*...

Rep 2000
8 Shirley Smith
Shirley Smith (politician)
Shirley Smith is a Democratic member of the Ohio Senate, who has represented the 21st District since 2007. Smith also serves as assistant minority leader in the Senate...

Dem 1998
9 Claudette Woodard
Claudette Woodard
Claudette Woodard is a former Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 9th District from 2001-2006.-External links:**...

Dem 2000
10 Annie L. Key
Annie L. Key
Annie Key is a former Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 11th District from 2001−2006. A former telephone worker with Ohio Bell and later AT&T, Key initially ran for the Ohio House of Representatives in 2000 to succeed Troy Lee James, who had held the seat for...

Dem 2000
11 Lance Mason
Lance Mason
Lance T. Mason is a judge for the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas. He formerly was Democratic member of the Ohio Senate, and represented the 25th District from 2007 to 2008. Nina Turner currently represents his former district. Prior to that, he was a member of the Ohio House of...

Democratic 2002 (Appt.)
12 Michael DeBose
Michael DeBose
Michael DeBose is a former Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives. He was first elected to that position on 13 February 2002....

Dem 2002 (Appt.)
13 Mary Rose Oakar
Mary Rose Oakar
Mary Rose Oakar is an American Democratic politician and former member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio, the first Democratic woman elected to the United States Congress from that state....

Dem 2000
14 Ed Jerse
Ed Jerse
Edward S. Jerse of Euclid, Ohio, is an American politician of the Democratic party who served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives. In 2004, he ran for the Democratic nomination for U.S. representative for Ohio for the 14th congressional district , but lost to political novice Capri S...

Dem 1995 (Appt.)
15 Jim Trakas
Jim Trakas
James Peter Trakas is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives, and was the Republican nominee for the United States House of Representatives in Ohio's 10th congressional district in 2008....

Rep 1998
16 Sally Conway Kilbane
Sally Conway Kilbane
Sally Conway Kilbane is a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 16th District from 1999-2006.-External links:*...

Rep 1998
17 Bryan Flannery
Bryan Flannery
Bryan Flannery was a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives. He served from January 1999-2002, when his district was consolidated with a neighboring district due to the 2000 Census. He is also known as a former gubernatorial candidate for Ohio Governor in 2006...

Dem 1998
18 Erin Sullivan
Erin Sullivan
Erin Sullivan was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, serving from 1998-2002. Her district consisted of much of lower Cuyahoga County, Ohio. She was preceded by Tom Patton.-External links:*...

Dem 1998 (Appt.)
19 Dale Miller
Dale Miller
Dale Miller is a former Democratic member of the Cuyahoga County Council, serving since January 1, 2011. He served in the Ohio Senate from 2006 to 2010, and in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1997 to 2006...

Dem 1996
20 Dean DePiero
Dean DePiero
Dean DePiero is the mayor of Parma, Ohio, and a former Cleveland-area member of the Ohio House of Representatives.-External links:*http://www.house.state.oh.us/index.php?option=com_displaymembers&task=detail&district=58...

Dem 1998
21 Joyce Beatty
Joyce Beatty
Joyce Beatty in Dayton, Ohio, is Senior Vice-President for Outreach and Engagement at Ohio State University. She is a former Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives, who represented the 27th House District from 1999 to 2008. She served as Minority Leader.-Life and career:Beatty has...

Democratic 1999 (Appt.)
22 Ray Miller
Ray Miller (Ohio legislator)
Ray Miller is a Democratic politician and a former member of the Ohio General Assembly.-Life and career:A graduate of the Ohio State University and a former staffer in the Carter Administration, Miller was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 1982, succeeding Leslie Brown. He won...

Democratic 1998
23 Amy Salerno
Amy Salerno
Amy Salerno was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from -2002. Her district consisted of a portion of Franklin County, Ohio. She was succeeded by Dan Stewart.-External links:*-References:...

Republican 1994
24 Larry L. Flowers
Larry L. Flowers
Larry L. Flowers is a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 19th District from 2001-2008. He currently is serving as the fire marshal for the state of Ohio.-External links:* official OH House website* profile...

Rep 2000
25 Jim McGregor
Jim McGregor
Jim McGregor is a Republican politician who was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 20th District from 2001 to 2008.-Life and career:...

Republican 2001 (Appt.)
26 Linda Reidelbach
Linda Reidelbach
Linda Reidelbach is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives, who served six years.-External links:*-References:*...

Rep 2000
27 Jim Hughes Rep 2000 (Appt.)
28 Geoffrey C. Smith
Geoffrey C. Smith
Geoff Smith is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the western part of Columbus from 1999-2006. Originally appointed, he went on to win re-election in 2000, 2002, and 2004 until he was defeated in the 2006 general election by Ted Celeste.-References:...

Republican 1998
29 Larry Wolpert
Larry Wolpert
Larry Wolpert is a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, who represented the 23rd District from 2001 to 2008. He is the executive director on the Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review.-Life and career:...

Rep
30 Samuel T. Britton
Samuel T. Britton
Samuel Britton was a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives. He represented a Cincinnati, Ohio area district from 1995-2002. He was succeeded by Tyrone Yates.-References:...

Democratic 1994
31 Catherine L. Barrett
Catherine L. Barrett
Catherine L. Barrett of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, is a former Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives, who served for eight years, the applicable term limit for that body...

Democratic 1998
32 Wayne Coates
Wayne Coates
Wayne Coates is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives. He represented a Cincinnati, Ohio area district from 2001-2002. He was succeeded by Republican Jim Raussen.-References:...

Democratic 2000
33 Steve Driehaus
Steve Driehaus
Steven L. "Steve" Driehaus is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2009 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party...

Dem 2000
34 Bill Seitz
Bill Seitz
Bill Seitz is a Republican member of the Ohio Senate, who has represented the 8th District since his appointment in October 2007. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2001 until 2007.-Career:...

Republican 2000
35 Patricia Clancy Republican 1996
36 Michelle G. Schneider
Michelle G. Schneider
Michelle G. Schneider is a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 35th District from 2001–2008, and at a time serving as Majority Whip...

Republican 2000
37 Tom Brinkman Jr. Republican 2000
38 Dixie Allen
Dixie Allen
Dixie Allen is a politician from Dayton, Ohio, who served in the Ohio House of Representatives and on the Montgomery County Commission. After the resignation of Rep. Lloyd Lewis Jr. in 1998, Allen was chosen as a political newcomer to replace him. She went on to win a full term in 1998, and was...

Democratic 1998 (Appt.)
39 Fred Strahorn Democratic 2000
40 Arlene Setzer
Arlene Setzer
Arlene Setzer is a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, who represented the 36th District from 2001 to 2008.-Life and career:...

Rep 2000
41 Jon Husted
Jon Husted
Jon A. Husted is an American politician of the Republican Party who currently serves as Ohio Secretary of State. Previously, he was a member of the Ohio Senate, representing the 6th district . He also previously served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2001 to 2009 and Speaker...

Rep 2000
42 John White
John White (Ohio politician)
John White is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives, who represented the 38th District from 2001 to 2008.-Life and career:White is a graduate of Wright State University in marketing, and has had a career as a human resources consultant...

Republican 2000
43 Diana Fessler
Diana Fessler
Diana Fessler is a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, who represented the 79th District from 2001 to 2008.-External links:**...

Rep 2000
44 Barbara Sykes
Barbara Sykes
Barbara Sykes is a former Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 44th District from to 2006.-External links:** profile*Follow the Money - Vernon Sykes** campaign contributions...

Dem 2000
45 Bryan C. Williams
Bryan C. Williams
Bryan C. Williams was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from -2004. He resigned on March 5, 2004 to become the Summit County, Ohio Chair of the Board of Elections. He was succeeded by Marilyn Slaby, who went on to lose to another Brian Williams, who was a Democrat.-External links:*...

Republican 1996
46 John Widowfield
John Widowfield
John Widowfield is a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 42nd District from 2003 to 2008. He resigned amid allegations that he had purchased Ohio State University football tickets with money from his campaign and then sold them for profit.-External...

Rep 2001 (Appt.)
47 Robert J. Otterman
Robert J. Otterman
Robert J. Otterman is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 45th District from 2001–2008, when he was replaced by his son, John Otterman.-References:...

Democratic 2000
48 Twyla Roman
Twyla Roman
Twyla Roman was a Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives. She represented a Summit County, Ohio area district from 1995-2002. She was succeeded by eventual Ohio Auditor Mary Taylor.-External links:*...

Republican 1994
49 Edna Brown
Edna Brown
Edna Brown of Toledo, Ohio, is a Democratic member of the Ohio Senate who has represented the 11th District since 2011. She served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 2002-2010...

Dem 2002 (Appt.)
50 Jeanine Perry
Jeanine Perry
Jeanine Perry is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives, succeeded by Matt Szollosi.-External links:*References=...

Democratic 1998
51 Lynn Olman
Lynn Olman
Lynn Olman is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the Toledo area.Public Service----Lynn served as a member and President of Maumee City Council for fifteen years...

Republican 1995 (Appt.)
52 Teresa Fedor
Teresa Fedor
Teresa Fedor is a Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives who has represented the 47th District since 2011. She represented the same district from 2001 to 2002, and was a member of the Ohio Senate from 2003 to 2010.-Life and career:...

Democratic >- 53 Chris Redfern
Chris Redfern
Chris Redfern is the current chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party. He won election to the chairmanship of the Ohio Democratic Party in December, 2005 and reelection in 2008...

Dem 1999 (Appt.)
54 Mary Cirelli
Mary Cirelli
Mary Cirelli is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 52nd District from 2001-2004.-External links:*...

Democratic 2000
55 Kirk Schuring
Kirk Schuring
Kirk Schuring is a Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1993 to 2002, and of the Ohio Senate from 2003 to 2010. Schuring was the Republican nominee for U.S. Congress in Ohio's 16th congressional district in 2008...

Republican 1994
56 John Hagan
John Hagan (Ohio politician)
John Hagan is an Ohio Republican Party politician and a former member of the Ohio General Assembly. The owner of a heating and plumbing business and a former Malboro Township Trustee, Hagan ran against newly appointed Representative Mike Stevens in 2000, and won a seat in the Ohio House of...

Republican 2000
57 John Boccieri
John Boccieri
John Boccieri is a one-term U.S. Representative for , serving from 2009 until 2011. He was defeated by Republican Jim Renacci on November 2, 2010. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He previously served in the Ohio Senate and the Ohio House of Representatives.-Early life and career:Boccieri...

Democratic 2000
58 Gary Cates
Gary Cates
Gary Cates is a Republican politician who served in the Ohio General Assembly. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1995 to 2004, and a member of the Ohio Senate from 2005 to 2011.-Life and career:...

Rep 1995 (Appt.)
59 Greg Jolivette
Greg Jolivette
Greg Jolivette is a politician in the U.S. state of Ohio: a current Butler County Commissioner, he has served in the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the Cincinnati area....

Rep 1997 (Appt.)
60 Shawn Webster
Shawn Webster
Shawn Webster is a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, who represented the 53rd District from 2001 to 2008.-Life and career:...

Rep 2000
61 Joseph Koziura
Joseph Koziura
Joseph Koziura is a Democratic politician who served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1985 to 1995 and again from 2001 until 2010.-Life and career:...

Dem 2001 (Appt.)
62 Jeffrey Manning
Jeffrey Manning
Jeffrey Manning was a county prosecutor and a member of the Ohio House of Representatives.He was appointed to be Lorain County, Ohio prosecutor to succeed Gregory White, who left to become United States Attorney for Northern Ohio. Manning died of complications of a heart condition in 2004...

Republican 2000
63 J. Tom Lendrum
J. Tom Lendrum
Tom Lendrum was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2001-2002. His district consisted of portions of Lorain County, Ohio. He was succeeded by Kathleen Walcher.-References:...

Rep 2000
64 Sylvester Patton
Sylvester Patton
Sylvester Patton is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives, succeeded by Bob Hagan.-Marriage and children:Married to the former Juanell C. Spooney, they have two children; Rev. Sylvester Delaney Patton, III and Marcus Patton -External links:*...

Democratic 1997 (Appt.)
65 Kenneth Carano
Kenneth Carano
Ken Carano is a former Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 59th District from 2001-2007.Ken also served as Austintown Township Trustee and as the General Manager of Austintown Community Television-External links:*...

Dem 2000
66 Daniel Sferra
Daniel Sferra
Dan Sferra is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 64th District from 2001-2004.-External links:*http://www.house.state.oh.us/index.php?option=com_displaymembers&task=detail&district=64...

Democratic 2000
67 Anthony Latell Jr.
Anthony Latell Jr.
Anthony Latell is a former member of the Ohio General Assembly. Latell began a career working as a planning officer for the Ohio Law Enforcement Planning Agency, and subsequently as a Girard City Councilman. He was elected as a Trumbull County Commissioner in 1980...

Democratic 2000
68 Tim Grendell
Tim Grendell
Timothy J. Grendell is a Republican member of the Ohio Senate who has represented the 18th district since 2005. He is the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary-Criminal Justice Committee...

Rep 2000
69 Ron Young
Ron Young (Ohio politician)
Ron Young has been a member of the Ohio House of Representatives since 2011. He served in the same seat from 1997 to 2004.-Career:Young served in the United States Army for three years, and attended Kent State University, where he received a bachelor’s degree in Psychology. He taught before...

Rep
70 Jamie Callender
Jamie Callender
Jamie Callender is an Ohio Republican politician, attorney, and professor. He is an alumnus of University of Kentucky, Cleveland State University, and Cleveland-Marshall College of Law ....

Rep 1996
71 Jean Schmidt
Jean Schmidt
Jeannette Marie Hoffman Schmidt, is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. She is a member of the Republican Party. The district stretches from eastern Cincinnati to Portsmouth....

Rep 2000
72 Tom Niehaus
Tom Niehaus
Tom Niehaus is a Republican member of the Ohio Senate, representing the 14th District since 2005. Previously he was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2000 until 2004. Niehaus succeeded Ohio Senate President Doug White, who was prevented by Ohio's term limits law from running for...

Rep 2000
73 Ron Rhine
Ron Rhine
Ron Rhine was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1999-2002. His district encompassed portions of Clark County, Ohio, which is the home of Springfield, Ohio. He was succeeded by Chris Widener, when his district was redrawn to become more conservative.**...

Dem
74 Merle G. Kearns
Merle G. Kearns
Merle Kearns is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives representing the 72nd House district and serving as Majority Leader in the 126th General Assembly. Prior to her stint in the Ohio House, Kearns was a member of the Ohio Senate from 1991 to 2000, representing the 10th Senate...

Rep >- 75 Ann H. Womer Benjamin Rep 1994
76 Kevin DeWine
Kevin DeWine
Kevin DeWine is Chairman of the Ohio Republican Party, serving since January 2009. Previously, he was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives....

Rep 2000
77 David R. Evans
David R. Evans (Ohio politician)
David R. Evans is a Republican politician who formerly served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives. When Representative Jay Hottinger resigned from the Ohio House in 1998 to take a seat in the Ohio Senate, Evans was appointed to serve out the remainder of his term...

Rep 1998 (Appt.)
78 Larry Householder
Larry Householder
Larry Householder of Glenford, Ohio, is an American politician of the Republican party who served as speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2001 to 2005....

Rep 1996
79 William J. Hartnett
William J. Hartnett
Bill Hartnett is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives, serving from 1998 to 2006.-External links:*http://www.house.state.oh.us/index.php?option=com_displaymembers&task=detail&district=58...

Dem 1998 (Appt.)
80 Jon Peterson
Jon Peterson
Jon Peterson is a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 2nd District from 2000 to 2008. Peterson has served as Delaware County Auditor, and currently serves as the Delaware County Treasurer.-External links:*...

Rep 2000
81 Chuck Calvert
Chuck Calvert
Chuck Calvert is a member of the Ohio Elections Commission, and a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives, serving the 69th District from 1999-2006. With long serving Representative William G. Batchelder facing term limits, Calvert ran in 1998 to take his seat. He went on to win...

Rep
82 Steve Buehrer
Steve Buehrer
Stephen P. Buehrer is a former Republican member of the Ohio Senate who represented the 1st District, and was an unsuccessful candidate for U.S. Congress in the special election for Ohio's 5th congressional district to replace the late Paul Gillmor...

Rep 1998
83 Jim Hoops
Jim Hoops
Jim Hoops is a Republican politician who formerly served in the Ohio General Assembly. As Henry County Auditor, Hoops opted to succeed Lynn Wachtmann, who was running for the Ohio Senate, and won his seat in 1998. He went on to win reelection in 2000, 2002 and in 2004.By 2006, Hoops was term...

Rep 1998
84 Keith Faber
Keith Faber
Keith Lloyd Faber is a Republican member of the Ohio Senate who has represented the 12th District since his appointment in January 2007. He also serves as President pro tempore, the second highest post in the Senate and as Chairman of the Committee on Government Oversight and Reform...

Rep 2000
85 Derrick Seaver
Derrick Seaver
Derrick Seaver is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 78th District from 2001-2006.-External links:*...

Rep 2000
86 Mike Gilb
Mike Gilb
Mike Gilb is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 76th District from 2001-2006.-External links:*...

Rep 2000
87 Tony Core
Tony Core
Anthony Core, commonly called Tony Core, is an American politician from Ohio and a former Republican member of the Ohio General Assembly. A graduate of The Ohio State University, he is a lawyer from rural Rushsylvania in Logan County....

Rep 1999 (Appt.)
88 Dennis Stapleton
Dennis Stapleton
Dennis Stapleton is a former representative of the Ohio House of Representatives and current candidate for Delaware County Commissioner in Delaware County, Ohio. His district encompassed portions of Southeastern Ohio. He served from 1996-2002 when he was succeeded by David T. Daniels.-References:...

Rep 1996 (Appt.)
89 Rex Damschroder
Rex Damschroder
Rex Damschroder is an American politician who has been a member of the Ohio House of Representatives since 2011. He was also a member from 1995 to 2003. Damschroder is the son of Gene Damschroder, who held the same House seat from 1973 to 1983.-Career:...

Rep 1994
90 Steve Reinhard
Steve Reinhard
Steve Reinhard is Ohio's former 82nd District Representative. He represented the Bucyrus, Ohio and Crawford County, Ohio area.With Senator Karen Gillmor resigning from her seat, Reinhard has been named as a possible successor.-See also:...

Rep 2000
91 Joseph P. Sulzer Dem 1997 (Appt.)
92 William L. Ogg
William L. Ogg
William L. 'Bill' Ogg was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1995-2002. His district consisted of Scioto County, Ohio. He was succeeded in 2003 by Todd Book....

Dem 1994
93 Thom Collier
Thom Collier
Thom Collier is a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 90th District from 2000 to 2008. He made an unsuccessful bid for the Republican nomination for the 19th Senate District in 2010.-External links:*...

Rep 2000 (Appt.)
94 John Carey Rep 1994
95 Jim Aslanides
Jim Aslanides
Jim Aslanides is a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing the 94th District from 1999 to 2008.-External links:*...

Rep 1999 (Appt.)
96 Nancy P. Hollister Rep 1999 (Appt.)
97 Kerry R. Metzger
Kerry R. Metzger
Kerry Metzger is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives, representing parts of Tuscarawas County and Guernsey County from 1995-2002. He was succeeded in 2003 by Jimmy Stewart.-References:...

Rep 1994
98 Eileen Krupinski Dem 2000
99 Charlie Wilson
Charlie Wilson (Ohio politician)
Charles A. "Charlie" Wilson is the former U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Democratic Party. He previously served in the Ohio State Senate and the Ohio House of Representatives...

Dem 1996


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See also

  • Ohio House of Representatives membership, 126th General Assembly
    Ohio House of Representatives membership, 126th General Assembly
    The 126th Ohio General Assembly comprised the state legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio. The Ohio House of Representatives is the lower house of the Ohio General Assembly. Every two years, all of the house seats come up for election. The 126th General Assembly was in session in 2005 and 2006...

  • Ohio House of Representatives membership, 125th General Assembly
    Ohio House of Representatives membership, 125th General Assembly
    The 125th General Assembly comprised the state legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio. The house of representatives is the lower house of the Ohio General Assembly. Every two years, all of the house seats come up for election. The 125th General Assembly was in session in 2003 and 2004...

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