117th Ohio General Assembly

February 2025 January 2025 The One Hundred Seventeenth Ohio General Assembly was the legislative body of the state of Ohio in 1987 and 1988. 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 61 Democrats and 38 Republicans. Major events Vacancies January 2, 1987: Senator Buz Lukens (R-4th) resigns to take a seat in the United States House of Representatives. November 23, 1987: Representative Vernon Cook (D-43rd) dies. Appointments January 4, 1987: Barry Levey is appointed to the 4th Senatorial District due to the resignation of Buz Lukens. January 6, 1988: Wayne Jones is appointed to the 43rd House District following the death of Vernon Cook. Senate Leadership Majority leadership President of the Senate: Paul Gillmor President pro tempore of the Senate: Stanley Aronoff Assistant pro tempore: Richard Finan Whip: David Hobson Minority leadership Leader: Harry Meshel Assistant Leader: Neal Zimmers Whip: Eugene Branstool Assistant Whip: Michael White Members of the 117th Ohio Senate District Senator Party First elected 1 M. Ben Gaeth Republican 1974 2 Paul Gillmor Republican 1967 3 Ted Gray Republican 1967 4 Barry Levey Republican 1987 (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 Linda J. Furney Democratic 1986 12 Robert R. Cupp Republican 1984 13 Alan Zaleski Democrat 1982 14 Cooper Snyder Republican 1979 (Appt.) 15 Richard Pfeiffer Democratic 1982 16 Eugene J. Watts Republican 1984 17 Jan Michael Long Democratic 1986 18 Robert Boggs Democratic 1982 19 Richard Schafrath Republican 1986 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 Roy Ray Republican 1986 28 Bob Nettle Democratic 1986 29 Scott Oelslager Republican 1985 (Appt.) 30 Rob Burch Democratic 1984 31 Eugene Branstool Democrat 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 House: Barney Quilter Floor Leader: Bill Mallory Assistant Majority Floor Leader: Vernon Cook Majority Whip: Patrick Sweeney Assistant Majority Whip: Judy Sheerer Minority leadership Leader: Corwin Nixon Assistant Leader: Dave Johnson Whip: Jo Ann Davidson Assistant Whip: Lou Blessing Members of the 117th Ohio House of Representatives District Representative Party First elected 1 Bill Thompson Republican 1986 2 Ross Boggs Jr Democratic 1982 3 John D. Shivers Jr. Democratic 1982 4 William G. Batchelder Republican 1968 5 Randy Gardner Republican 1985 (Appt.) 6 Jim Petro Republican 1986 7 Rocco Colonna Democratic 1974 8 Francine Panehal Democratic 1974 9 Patrick Sweeney Democratic 1967 10 Ron Mottl Democratic 1986 11 Barbara C. Pringle Democratic 1982 (Appt.) 12 Troy Lee James Democratic 1967 13 Robert Jaskulski Democratic 1986 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 Jacquelin K. O'Brien Republican 1986 27 Dale Van Vyven Republican 1978 (Appt.) 28 Ed Thomas Jr. 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 Bill Schuck Republican 36 C.J. McLin Democratic 1966 37 Tom Roberts Democratic 1986 (Appt.) 38 Bob Corbin Republican 1976 39 Bob Hickey Democratic 1982 40 Russ Guerra Republican 41 Tom Seese Democratic 1986 (Appt.) 42 Vernon Sykes Democratic 1983 (Appt.) 43 Wayne Jones Democratic 1988 (Appt.) 44 Tom Watkins Republican 1984 45 Casey Jones Democratic 1968 46 Don Czarcinski Democratic 1983 (Appt.) 47 Barney Quilter Democratic 1966 48 Arlene Singer Democratic 1986 49 Chuck Red Ash Republican 1978 50 William J. Healy Democratic 1974 51 David Johnson Republican 1976 52 Joseph Vukovich Democratic 1976 53 Bob Hagan Democratic 1986 54 John Bara Democratic 1982 55 Joseph Koziura Democratic 1984 56 Michael A. Fox Republican1974 57 John Boehner Republican 1984 58 June Lucas Democratic 1986 59 Michael G. Verich Democratic 1982 60 Dan Troy Democratic 1982 61 Robert E. Hagan Democratic 62 David Hartley Democratic 63 Paul Jones Democratic 1982 64 Frank Sawyer Democratic 1982 65 Bob Doyle Republican 1982 66 Sam Bateman Jr. 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 James Buchy Republican 74 Bob Clark Republican 1982 75Joe Haines Republican 1980 76 Eugene Byers Republican 1986 77 Harry Mallott Democratic 1972 78Steve Williams Republican1980 79 Larry Manahan Republican 1978 80 Lynn Wachtmann Republican 1984 81 Jim Davis Republican 1984 82 Jon Stozich Republican 83 Rodney Hughes Republican 1967 84 Corwin Nixon Republican 1967 85 Dwight Wise Democratic 1982 86 Larry Adams Republican 1986 87 Joan Lawrence Republican 1982 88 Mike Shoemaker Democratic 1982 89 Vern Riffe Democratic 1967 90 Rick Rench Republican 91 Paul Mechling Democratic 92 Mark Malone Democratic 1984 93 Ron Amstutz Republican1980 94 Jolynn Boster Democratic 1982 95 Joe Secrest Democratic 1982 96 Tom Johnson Democratic 1976 97 William Hinig Democratic 1967 98 Jerry W. Krupinski Democratic 1986 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:1987 in Ohio Category:1988 in Ohio