115th Ohio General Assembly

February 2025 January 2025 115th Ohio General Assembly United States Ohio Ohio Senate President Harry Meshel (D) Ohio House of Representatives Speaker Vern Riffe (D) The One Hundred Fifteenth Ohio General Assembly was the legislative body of the state of Ohio in 1983 and 1984. In this General Assembly, both the Ohio Senate and the Ohio House of Representatives were controlled by the Democratic Party. In the Senate, there were 17 Democrats and 16 Republicans. In the House, there were 62 Democrats and 37 Republicans. It was the first General Assembly to use redistricted legislative districts from the 1980 United States census. Major events Vacancies December 2, 1983: Senator Sam Speck (R-20th) resigns. March 11, 1983: Representative Pete Crossland (D-42nd) resigns. July 19, 1983: Representative Arthur Wilkowski (D-46th) resigns. March 6, 1984: Senator Tom Fries (D-6th) resigns May 17, 1984: Senator Morris Jackson (D-21st) resigns. May 20, 1984: Senator Ben Skall (R-22nd) resigns. May 22, 1984: Representative Jim Petro (R-6th) resigns. Appointments March 16, 1983: Vernon Sykes is appointed to the 42nd House District. November 30, 1983: Don Czarcinski is appointed to the 46th House District. January 10, 1984: Bob Ney is appointed to the 20th Senatorial District. March 6, 1984: Tom Talbott is appointed to the 6th Senatorial District. May 17, 1984: Michael R. White is appointed to the 21st Senatorial District. May 20, 1984: Grace L. Drake is appointed to the 22nd Senatorial District. May 23, 1984: Jeff Jacobs is appointed to the 6th House District. Senate Leadership Majority leadership President of the Senate: Harry Meshel President pro tempore of the Senate: Neal Zimmers Assistant pro tempore: Charles Butts Whip: Marigene Valiquette Minority leadership Leader Minority of Ohio State Senate: Paul Gillmor Vice-Leader Minority of Ohio State Senate: Stanley Aronoff Assistant Vice-Leader Minority of Ohio State Senate: Sam Speck Second Assistant Vice-Leader Minority of Ohio State Senate: Paul Pfeifer Members of the 115th 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 Tom Talbott Democratic 1984 (Appt.) 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 Steve Maurer Democratic 1980 13 Alan Zaleski Democratic 1982 14 Cooper Snyder Republican 1979 (Appt.) 15 Richard Pfeiffer Democratic 1982 16 Michael Schwarzwalder Democratic 1976 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 Tom Walsh Republican 1978 30 Bill Ress Republican 1980 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: Mary Boyle Minority leadership Leader: Corwin Nixon Assistant Leader: Waldo Rose Whip: Dave Johnson Members of the 115th 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 Robert Brown Republican 1978 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 Frank Mahnic Jr. Democratic 1978 14 Ike Thompson Democratic 1970 15 Mary Boyle Democratic 1978 16 John Thompson Democratic 1970 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 David J. Leland Democratic 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 Ed Orlett Democratic 1972 38 Bob Corbin Republican 1976 39 Bob Hickey Democratic 1982 40 Russell E. Guerra Republican 41 Bob Nettle Democratic 1976 42 Vernon Sykes Democratic 1983 (Appt.) 43 Vernon Cook Democratic 1972 44 Thomas C. Sawyer Democratic 1976 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 Michael Camera Democratic 1982 56 Michael A. Fox Republican 1974 57 Bill Donham Republican 1972 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 Sue Fisher 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 Harry Turner Republican 1972 77 Harry Mallott Democratic 1972 78Steve Williams Republican1980 79 Larry Manahan Republican 1978 80 Chuck Earl Republican 1982 81 Dale Locker Democratic 1972 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 Ron James Democratic 1974 93 Ron Amstutz Republican 1980 94 Jolynn Boster Democratic 1982 95 Joe Secrest Democratic 1982 96 Tom Johnson Democratic 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:1983 in Ohio Category:1984 in Ohio de:Repräsentantenhaus von Ohio