- 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 and the Ohio House of Representatives were controlled by the Republican Party. In the Senate, there were 21 Republicans and 12 Democrats. 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.
Contents
Major events
Vacancies
- January 16, 2001: Senator Roy Ray (R-27th) resigns.
- February 5, 2001: Representative Kevin Coughlin (R-46th) resigns to take a seat in the Ohio Senate.
- September 18, 2001: Senator Bruce Johnson (R-3rd) resigns to become Director of Development in the cabinet of Governor Bob Taft.
- October 2, 2001: Representative David Goodman (R-25th) resigns to become a member of the Ohio Senate.
- October 17, 2001: Representative Dan Metelsky (D-61) resigns to become Deputy Director of the Ohio Lottery.
- December 5, 2001: Senator Rhine McLin (D-5th) resigns to become Mayor of Dayton, Ohio.
- December 31, 2001: Representative Jack Ford (D-49th) resigns to become Mayor of Toledo, Ohio.
- February 9, 2002: Representative Peter Lawson Jones (D-11th) resigns to become a Cuyahoga County, Ohio Commissioner
- February 13, 2002: Representative John E. Barnes Jr. (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.
- December 31, 2002: Senator Priscilla D. Mead (R-16th) resigns.
Appointments
- February 6, 2001: Kevin Coughlin appointed to the 27th Senatorial District due to the resignation of Roy Ray.
- February 12, 2001: John Widowfield appointed to the 46th House District due to the resignation of Kevin Coughlin.
- October 2, 2001: David Goodman appointed to the 3rd Senatorial District due to the resignation of Bruce Johnson.
- October 10, 2001: Jim McGregor appointed to the 25th House District due to the resignation of David Goodman.
- October 30, 2001: Joseph Koziura appointed to the 61st House District due to the resignation of Dan Metelsky.
- January 8, 2002: Edna Brown appointed to the 49th House District due to the resignation of Jack Ford.
- January 9, 2002: Tom Roberts appointed to the 5th Senatorial District due to the resignation of Rhine McLin.
- February 13, 2002: Michael DeBose appointed to the 12th House District due to the resignation of John E. Barnes Jr.
- February 20, 2002: Lance Mason appointed to the 11th House District due to the resignation of Peter Lawson Jones.
Senate
Leadership
Majority leadership
- President of the Senate: Richard Finan
- President pro tempore of the Senate: Bruce Johnson
- Assistant pro tempore: Jay Hottinger
- Whip: Randy Gardner
Minority leadership
- Leader: Leigh Herington
- Assistant Leader: Greg DiDonato
- Whip: Dan Brady
- Assistant Whip: Mark Mallory
Members of the 124th Senate
District Senator Party First elected 1 Lynn Wachtmann [1] Republican 1998 2 Randy Gardner [2] Republican 2000 3 David Goodman [3] Republican 2001 (Appt.) 4 Scott Nein [4] Republican 1995 (Appt.) 5 Tom Roberts Democratic 2002 (Appt.) 6 Jeff Jacobson [5] Republican 2000 7 Richard Finan [6] Republican 1978 (Appt.) 8 Lou Blessing [7] Republican 1996 9 Mark Mallory [8] Democratic 1998 10 Steve Austria [9] Republican 2000 11 Linda J. Furney [10] Democratic 1986 12 Jim Jordan [11] Republican 2000 13 Jeff Armbruster [12] Republican 1998 14 Doug White [13] Republican 1996 (Appt.) 15 Ben Espy [14] Democratic 1992 (Appt.) 16 Priscilla D. Mead [15] Republican 2000 17 Michael Shoemaker [16] Democratic 1997 (Appt.) 18 Robert A. Gardner [17] Republican 1996 19 Bill Harris [18] Republican 2000 (Appt.) 20 James E. Carnes [19] Republican 1995 (Appt.) 21 C.J. Prentiss [20] Democratic 1998 22 Ron Amstutz [21] Republican 2000 23 Dan Brady [22] Democratic 1998 24 Robert Spada [23] Republican 1999 (Appt.) 25 Eric Fingerhut [24] Democratic 1998 26 Larry Mumper [25] Republican 1997 (Appt.) 27 Kevin Coughlin [26] Republican 2001 (Appt.) 28 Leigh Herington [27] Democratic 1995 (Appt.) 29 Scott Oelslager [28] Republican 1985 (Appt.) 30 Gregory L. DiDonato [29] Democratic 1996 31 Jay Hottinger [30] Republican 1998 (Appt.) 32 Tim Ryan [31] Democratic 2000 33 Bob Hagan [32] Democratic 1997 (Appt.) House of Representatives
Leadership
Majority leadership
- Speaker of the House: Larry Householder
- President pro tempore of the Senate: Gary Cates
- Floor Leader: Patricia Clancy
- Assistant Majority Floor Leader: Steve Buehrer
- Majority Whip: Jim Trakas
- Assistant Majority Whip: Jon Peterson
Minority leadership
- Leader: Jack Ford
- Assistant Leader: Charlie Wilson
- Whip: Erin Sullivan
- Assistant Whip: Dale Miller
Members of the 124th House of Representatives
District Representative Party First Elected 1 John R. Willamowski Rep 1997 (Appt.) 2 Tom Raga Rep 2000 3 Chuck Blasdel Rep 2000 4 Bob Latta Rep 2000 5 George Distel Dem 1999 (Appt.) 6 Tim Schaffer Rep 2000 7 Jim Carmichael Rep 2000 8 Shirley Smith Dem 1998 9 Claudette Woodard Dem 2000 10 Annie L. Key Dem 2000 11 Lance Mason Democratic 2002 (Appt.) 12 Michael DeBose Dem 2002 (Appt.) 13 Mary Rose Oakar Dem 2000 14 Ed Jerse Dem 1995 (Appt.) 15 Jim Trakas Rep 1998 16 Sally Conway Kilbane Rep 1998 17 Bryan Flannery Dem 1998 18 Erin Sullivan Dem 1998 (Appt.) 19 Dale Miller Dem 1996 20 Dean DePiero Dem 1998 21 Joyce Beatty Democratic 1999 (Appt.) 22 Ray Miller Democratic 1998 23 Amy Salerno Republican 1994 24 Larry L. Flowers Rep 2000 25 Jim McGregor Republican 2001 (Appt.) 26 Linda Reidelbach Rep 2000 27 Jim Hughes Rep 2000 (Appt.) 28 Geoffrey C. Smith Republican 1998 29 Larry Wolpert Rep 30 Samuel T. Britton Democratic 1994 31 Catherine L. Barrett Democratic 1998 32 Wayne Coates Democratic 2000 33 Steve Driehaus Dem 2000 34 Bill Seitz Republican 2000 35 Patricia Clancy Republican 1996 36 Michelle G. Schneider Republican 2000 37 Tom Brinkman Jr. Republican 2000 38 Dixie Allen Democratic 1998 (Appt.) 39 Fred Strahorn Democratic 2000 40 Arlene Setzer Rep 2000 41 Jon Husted Rep 2000 42 John White Republican 2000 43 Diana Fessler Rep 2000 44 Barbara Sykes Dem 2000 45 Bryan C. Williams Republican 1996 46 John Widowfield Rep 2001 (Appt.) 47 Robert J. Otterman Democratic 2000 48 Twyla Roman Republican 1994 49 Edna Brown Dem 2002 (Appt.) 50 Jeanine Perry Democratic 1998 51 Lynn Olman Republican 1995 (Appt.) 52 Teresa Fedor Democratic 2000 53 Chris Redfern Dem 1999 (Appt.) 54 Mary Cirelli Democratic 2000 55 Kirk Schuring Republican 1994 56 John Hagan Republican 2000 57 John Boccieri Democratic 2000 58 Gary Cates Rep 1995 (Appt.) 59 Greg Jolivette Rep 1997 (Appt.) 60 Shawn Webster Rep 2000 61 Joseph Koziura Dem 2001 (Appt.) 62 Jeffrey Manning Republican 2000 63 J. Tom Lendrum Rep 2000 64 Sylvester Patton Democratic 1997 (Appt.) 65 Kenneth Carano Dem 2000 66 Daniel Sferra Democratic 2000 67 Anthony Latell Jr. Democratic 2000 68 Tim Grendell Rep 2000 69 Ron Young Rep 70 Jamie Callender Rep 1996 71 Jean Schmidt Rep 2000 72 Tom Niehaus Rep 2000 73 Ron Rhine Dem 74 Merle G. Kearns Rep 2000 75 Ann H. Womer Benjamin Rep 1994 76 Kevin DeWine Rep 2000 77 David R. Evans Rep 1998 (Appt.) 78 Larry Householder Rep 1996 79 William J. Hartnett Dem 1998 (Appt.) 80 Jon Peterson Rep 2000 81 Chuck Calvert Rep 82 Steve Buehrer Rep 1998 83 Jim Hoops Rep 1998 84 Keith Faber Rep 2000 85 Derrick Seaver Rep 2000 86 Mike Gilb Rep 2000 87 Tony Core Rep 1999 (Appt.) 88 Dennis Stapleton Rep 1996 (Appt.) 89 Rex Damschroder Rep 1994 90 Steve Reinhard Rep 2000 91 Joseph P. Sulzer Dem 1997 (Appt.) 92 William L. Ogg Dem 1994 93 Thom Collier Rep 2000 (Appt.) 94 John Carey Rep 1994 95 Jim Aslanides Rep 1999 (Appt.) 96 Nancy P. Hollister Rep 1999 (Appt.) 97 Kerry R. Metzger Rep 1994 98 Eileen Krupinski Dem 2000 99 Charlie Wilson Dem 1996 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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