- 120th Ohio General Assembly
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The 120th Ohio General Assembly was the legislative body of the state of Ohio in 1993 and 1994. In this General Assembly, both the Ohio Senate and the Ohio House of Representatives were controlled by the Ohio Republican Party. In the Senate, there were 21 Republicans and 12 Democrats. In the House, there were 62 Republicans and 37 Democrats. It was the first General Assembly to use redistricted legislative districts from the 1990 United States Census.
Contents
Major events
Vacancies
- April 13, 1993: Senator Harry Meshel (D-33rd) resigns.
- July 1, 1993: Representative Ray Miller (D-22nd) resigns.
- December 31, 1993: Senator Steven Williams (R-31st) resigns.
- February 2, 1994: Senator Ted Gray (R-3rd) resigns.
Appointments
- April 21, 1993: Joseph Vukovich is appointed to the 33rd Senatorial District due to the resignation of Harry Meshel
- July 1, 1993: Charleta Tavares is appointed to the 22nd House District due to the resignation of Ray Miller.
- January 4, 1994: Nancy Dix is appointed to the 31st Senatorial District due to the resignation of Steven Williams.
- March 1, 1994: Bruce E. Johnson is appointed to the 3rd Senatorial District due to the resignation of Ted Gray.
Senate
Leadership
Majority leadership
- President of the Senate: Stanley Aronoff
- President pro tempore of the Senate: Richard Finan
- Assistant pro tempore: Eugene J. Watts
- Whip: Roy Ray
Minority leadership
- Leader: Robert Boggs
- Assistant Leader: Alan Zaleski
- Whip: Ben Espy
- Assistant Whip: Bob Nettle
Members of the 121st Senate
District Senator Party First elected 1 M. Ben Gaeth [1] Republican 1974 2 Betty Montgomery [2] Republican 1988 3 Bruce E. Johnson [3] Republican 1994 (Appt.) 4 Barry Levey [4] Republican 1987 (Appt.) 5 Neal Zimmers Democratic 1974 6 Chuck Horn [5] Republican 1984 7 Richard Finan [6] Republican 1978 (Appt.) 8 Stanley Aronoff Republican 1967 9 Bill Bowen [7] Democratic 1970 (Appt.) 10 Merle G. Kearns [8] Republican 1991 (Appt.) 11 Linda J. Furney [9] Democratic 1986 12 Robert R. Cupp [10] Republican 1984 13 Alan Zaleski [11] Democrat 1982 14 Cooper Snyder [12] Republican 1979 (Appt.) 15 Ben Espy [13] Democratic 1992 (Appt.) 16 Eugene J. Watts [14] Republican 1984 17 Jan Michael Long [15] Democratic 1986 18 Robert Boggs [16] Democratic 1982 19 Richard Schafrath [17] Republican 1986 20 Bob Ney [18] Republican 1984 (Appt.) 21 Jeffrey Johnson [19] Democratic 1990 (Appt.) 22 Grace L. Drake [20] Republican 1984 (Appt.) 23 Anthony Sinagra [21] Democratic 1990 24 Gary C. Suhadolnik [22] Republican 1980 25 Judy Sheerer [23] Democratic 1992 (Appt.) 26 Karen Gillmor [24] Republican 1992 27 Roy Ray [25] Republican 1986 28 Bob Nettle [26] Democratic 1986 29 Scott Oelslager [27] Republican 1985 (Appt.) 30 Rob Burch [28] Democratic 1984 31 Nancy Dix [29] Republican 1994 (Appt.) 32 Anthony Latell Jr. [30] Democratic 1992 33 Joseph Vukovich [31] Democratic 1993 (Appt.) House of Representatives
Leadership
Majority leadership
- Speaker of the House: Vern Riffe
- President pro tempore of the House: Barney Quilter
- Floor Leader: Bill Mallory
- Assistant Majority Floor Leader: Vernon Sykes
- Majority Whip: Jane Campbell
- Assistant Majority Whip: Marc Guthrie
Minority leadership
- Leader: Jo Ann Davidson
- Assistant Leader: William G. Batchelder
- Whip: Randy Gardner
- Assistant Whip: Tom Johnson
Members of the 121st House of Representatives
District Representative Party First Elected 1 Bill Thompson Rep 1986 2 George E. Terwilleger Rep 1992 3 Sean D. Logan Dem 1990 (Appt.) 4 Randy Gardner Rep 1985 (Appt.) 5 Ross Boggs Dem 1982 6 Jon D. Myers Rep 1990 7 Ron Amstutz Rep 1980 8 C.J. Prentiss Dem 1990 9 Barbara Boyd Dem 1992 10 Troy Lee James Dem 1967 11 Jane Campbell Democratic 1984 12 Vermel Whalen Dem 1986 (Appt.) 13 Barbara C. Pringle Dem 1982 (Appt.) 14 Ron Suster Democratic 1980 15 Mike Wise Rep 1992 16 Ed Kasputis Rep 1990 17 Madeline Cain Dem 1988 18 Rocco Colonna Dem 1974 19 Patrick Sweeney Dem 1967 20 Ron Mottl Dem 1986 21 Otto Beatty Jr. Democratic 1980 (Appt.) 22 Charleta Tavares Democratic 1993 (Appt.) 23 Mike Stinziano Democratic 1972 24 Jo Ann Davidson Republican 1980 25 Jim Mason Republican 1992 26 Patrick Tiberi Rep 27 E.J. Thomas Rep 28 Priscilla D. Mead Republican 1992 29 Bill Schuck Rep 30 Helen Rankin Democratic 1978 (Appt.) 31 William L. Mallory Sr. Democratic 1966 32 Dale N. Van Vyven Republican 1978 (Appt.) 33 Jerome F. Luebbers Democratic 1978 34 Cheryl Winkler Republican 1990 (Appt.) 35 Lou Blessing Republican 1982 36 Bob Schuler Republican 1992 37 Jacquelin K. O'Brien Republican 1986 38 Rhine McLin Democratic 1989 (Appt.) 39 Tom Roberts Democratic 1986 (Appt.) 40 Jeff Jacobson Rep 41 Don Mottley Republican 1992 42 Bob Corbin Republican 1976 43 Bob Netzley Rep 1967 44 Vernon Sykes Democratic 1983 (Appt.) 45 Karen Doty Democratic 1992 46 Wayne Jones Democratic 1988 (Appt.) 47 Betty Sutton Democratic 1992 48 Tom Seese Democratic 1986 (Appt.) 49 Casey Jones Democratic 1968 50 Barney Quilter Democratic 1966 51 Tim Greenwood Republican 1988 52 Sally Perz Republican 1992 53 Darrell Opfer Dem 1992 54 William J. Healy Democratic 1974 55 Dave Johnson Republican 1978 56 Johnnie Maier Jr. Democratic 1990 57 Francis Carr Democratic 1992 58 Scott Nein Rep 1990 59 Michael A. Fox Rep 1974 60 Gene Krebs Rep 61 Joseph Koziura Democratic 1984 62 John Bender Democratic 1992 63 Katherine Walsh Dem 1988 64 Bob Hagan Democratic 1986 65 Ron Gerberry Democratic 1974 66 Michael G. Verich Democratic 1982 67 June Lucas Democratic 1986 68 Diane Grendell Rep 1992 69 Ray Sines Rep 70 Dan Troy Dem 1982 71 Sam Bateman Rep 72 Rose Vesper Rep 73 David Hartley Dem 74 Joe Haines Rep 1980 75 Paul Jones Dem 1982 76 Marilyn Reid Rep 1992 77 Marc Guthrie Dem 1982 78 Mary Abel Dem 1989 (Appt.) 79 Frank Sawyer Dem 1982 80 Joan Lawrence Rep 1982 81 William G. Batchelder Rep 1968 82 Richard Hodges Rep 1992 83 Lynn Wachtmann Rep 1984 84 Jim Buchy Rep 85 Jim Davis Rep 1984 86 Chuck Brading Rep 87 Ed Core Rep 88 Doug White Rep 1990 89 Dwight Wise Dem 1982 90 Randy Weston Dem 1990 91 Mike Shoemaker Dem 1982 92 Vern Riffe Dem 1967 93 Eugene Byers Rep 1986 94 Mark Malone Dem 1984 95 Joy Padgett Rep 1992 96 Tom Johnson Rep 1976 97 Greg DiDonato Rep 1990 98 Jerry W. Krupinski Dem 1986 99 Jack Cera Dem 1982 Appt.- Member was appointed to current House Seat
See also
- Ohio House of Representatives membership, 126th General Assembly
- Ohio House of Representatives membership, 125th General Assembly
References
- Ohio House of Representatives official website
- Project Vote Smart – State House of Ohio
- Map of Ohio House Districts
- 2006 election results from Ohio Secretary of State
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