116th Ohio General Assembly

February 2025 January 2025 The One Hundred Sixteenth Ohio General Assembly was the legislative body of the state of Ohio in 1985 and 1986. In this General Assembly, the Ohio Senate was controlled by the Republican Party and the Ohio House of Representatives was controlled by the Democratic Party. In the Senate, there were 18 Republicans and 15 Democrats. In the House, there were 58 Democrats and 41 Republicans. Major events Vacancies February 5, 1985: Senator Tom Walsh (R-29th) resigns. November 15, 1985: Representative Bob Brown (R-5th) resigns. January 8, 1986: Representative Ed Ortlett (D-37th) resigns. March 4, 1986: Representative Bob Nettle (D-41st) resigns. October 16, 1986: Representative John Thomson (D-16th) dies. Appointments February 5, 1985: Scott Oeslager is appointed to the 29th Senatorial District. November 15, 1985: Randy Gardner is appointed to the 5th House District. January 8, 1986: Tom Roberts is appointed to the 37th House District. November 16, 1986: Vermel Whalen is appointed to the 16th House District. May 21, 1986: Tom Seese is appointed to the 41st House District. Senate Leadership Majority leadership President of the Senate: Paul Gillmor President pro tempore of the Senate: Stanley Aronoff Assistant pro tempore: Paul Pfeifer Whip: Richard Finan Minority leadership Leader: Harry Meshel Assistant Leader: Neal Zimmers Whip: Charles Butts Assistant Whip: Tom Carney Members of the 116th Ohio Senate District Senator Party First elected 1 M. Ben Gaeth Republican 1974 2 Paul Gillmor Republican 1967 3 Ted Gray Republican 1967 4 Buz Lukens Republican 1971 (Appt.) 5 Neal Zimmers Democratic 1974 6 Chuck Horn Republican 1984 7 Richard Finan Republican 1978 (Appt.) 8 Stanley Aronoff Republican 1967 9 Bill Bowen Democratic 1970 (Appt.) 10 David Hobson Republican 1982 (Appt.) 11 Marigene Valiquette Democratic 1969 (Appt.) 12 Robert R. Cupp Republican 1984 13 Alan Zaleski Democratic 1982 14 Cooper Snyder Republican 1979 (Appt.) 15 Richard Pfeiffer Democratic 1982 16 Eugene J. Watts Republican 1984 17 Oakley C. Collins Republican 1974 18 Robert Boggs Democratic 1982 19 Lowell Steinbrenner Republican 1982 20 Bob Ney Republican 1984 (Appt.) 21 Michael R. White Democratic 1984 (Appt.) 22 Grace L. Drake Republican 1984 (Appt.) 23 Charles L. Butts Democratic 1974 24 Gary C. Suhadolnik Republican 1980 25 Lee Fisher Democratic 1982 26 Paul Pfeifer Republican 1976 27 Oliver Ocasek Democratic 1967 28 Marcus Roberto Democratic 1982 29 Scott Oelslager Republican 1985 (Appt.) 30 Rob Burch Democratic 1984 31 Eugene Branstool Democratic 1982 32 Tom Carney Democratic 1972 33 Harry Meshel Democratic 1970 House of Representatives Leadership Majority leadership Speaker of the House: Vern Riffe President pro tempore of the Senate: Barney Quilter Floor Leader: Bill Mallory Assistant Majority Floor Leader: Vernon Cook Majority Whip: Patrick Sweeney Minority leadership Leader: Corwin Nixon Assistant Leader: Waldo Rose Whip: Dave Johnson Members of the 116th Ohio House of Representatives District Representative Party First elected 1 Waldo Rose Republican 1972 2 Ross Boggs Democratic 1982 3 John D. Shivers Jr. Democratic 1982 4 William G. Batchelder Republican 1968 5 Randy Gardner Republican 1985 (Appt.) 6 Jeff Jacobs Republican 1984 (Appt.) 7 Rocco Colonna Democratic 1974 8 Francine Panehal Democratic 1974 9 Patrick Sweeney Democratic 1967 10 June Kreuzer Democratic 1982 11 Barbara C. Pringle Democratic 1982 (Appt.) 12 Troy Lee James Democratic 1967 13 John Carroll Democratic 1984 14 Ike Thompson Democratic 1970 15 Jane Campbell Democratic 1984 16 Vermel Whalen Democratic 1986 (Appt.) 17 Leroy Peterson Democratic 1982 18 Judy Sheerer Democratic 1982 19 Ron Suster Democratic 1980 20 Thomas Pottenger Republican 1976 21 Jerome F. Luebbers Democratic 1978 22 Lou Blessing Republican 1982 23 William L. Mallory Sr. Democratic 1966 24 Terry Tranter Democratic 1976 (Appt.) 25 Helen Rankin Democratic 1978 (Appt.) 26 John O'Brien Republican 1980 27 Dale Van Vyven Republican 1978 (Appt.) 28 Edward J. Thomas Republican 29 Ray Miller Democratic 1982 30 Mike Stinziano Democratic 1972 31 Otto Beatty Jr. Democratic 1980 (Appt.) 32 Dean Conley Democratic 1978 33 Don Gilmore Republican 1978 34 Jo Ann Davidson Republican 1980 35 Dana Deshler Republican 36 C.J. McLin Democratic 1966 37 Tom Roberts Democratic 1986 (Appt.) 38 Bob Corbin Republican 1976 39 Bob Hickey Democratic 1982 40 Russell E. Guerra Republican 41 Tom Seese Democratic 1986 (Appt.) 42 Vernon Sykes Democratic 1983 (Appt.) 43 Vernon Cook Democratic 1972 44 Tom Watkins Republican 1984 45 Casey Jones Democratic 1968 46 Don Czarcinski Democratic 1983 (Appt.) 47 Barney Quilter Democratic 1966 48 John Galbraith Republican 1966 49 Chuck Red Ash Republican 1978 50 William J. Healy Democratic 1974 51 David Johnson Republican 1976 52 Joseph Vukovich Democratic 1976 53 Tom Gilmartin Democratic 1972 54 John Bara Democratic 1982 55 Joseph Koziura Democratic 1984 56 Michael A. Fox Republican 1974 57 John Boehner Republican 1984 58 Joe Williams Republican 1980 59 Michael G. Verich Democratic 1982 60 Dan Troy Democratic 1982 61 Bob Hagan Sr. Democratic 62 David Hartley Democratic 63 Paul Jones Democratic 1982 64 Frank Sawyer Democratic 1982 65 Bob Doyle Republican 1982 66 Sam Bateman Republican 67 Marc Guthrie Democratic 1982 68 Bob Netzley Republican 1967 69 Cliff Skeen Democratic 1976 70 Fred Deering Democratic 1972 71 Ron Gerberry Democratic 1974 72 Marie Tansey Republican 1976 73 Jim Buchy Republican 74 Bob Clark Republican 1982 75Joe Haines Republican 1980 76 Tom Van Meter Republican 1984 77 Harry Mallott Democratic 1972 78Steve Williams Republican1980 79 Larry Manahan Republican 1978 80 Lynn Wachtmann Republican 1984 81 Jim Davis Republican 1984 82 John Stozich Republican 83 Rodney Hughes Republican 1967 84 Corwin Nixon Republican 1967 85 Dwight Wise Democratic 1982 86 Walter McClaskey Republican 1972 87 Joan Lawrence Republican 1982 88 Mike Shoemaker Democratic 1982 89 Vern Riffe Democratic 1967 90 Richard Rench Republican 91 Paul Mechling Democratic 92 Mark Malone Democratic 1984 93 Ron Amstutz Republican 1980 94 Jolynn Boster Democratic 1982 95 Joe Secrest Democratic 1982 96 Tom Johnson Republican 1976 97 William Hinig Democratic 1967 98 Arthur Bowers Democratic 1968 99 Jack Cera Democratic 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 List of Ohio state legislatures References Ohio House of Representatives official website Project Vote Smart – State House of Ohio Map of Ohio House Districts Ohio District Maps 2002–2012 2006 election results from Ohio Secretary of State Category:Ohio legislative sessions Ohio Ohio Category:1985 in Ohio Category:1986 in Ohio