122nd Ohio General Assembly

February 2025 January 2025 The One Hundred Twenty-second Ohio General Assembly was the legislative body of the state of Ohio in 1997 and 1998. 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 60 Republicans and 39 Democrats. It used redistricted legislative districts from the 1990 United States census. Major events Vacancies January 6, 1997: Senator Dennis Kucinich (D-23rd) resigns to take a seat in the United States House of Representatives. February 5, 1997: Senator Joseph Vukovich (D-33rd) resigns to take a seat on the Ohio 7th District Court of Appeals. February 5, 1997: Representative Ron Mottl (D-20th) resigns. February 8, 1997: Senator Jan Michael Long (D-17th) resigns to take a seat on the Probate Court of Pickaway County, Ohio. February 8, 1997: Representative Mike Shoemaker (D-91st) resigns to take a seat in the Ohio Senate. August 8, 1997: Representative Bill Thompson (R-1st) resigns to take a seat on the Ohio Industrial Commission. October 14, 1997: Representative Mike Fox (R-59th) resigns to become a Butler County, Ohio Commissioner. December 5, 1997: Senator Karen Gillmor (R-26th) resigns to become a member of the State Employment Relations Board. January 4, 1998: Representative Lloyd Lewis Jr. resigns to become City Commissioner of Dayton, Ohio. February 20, 1998: Senator Nancy Dix (R-31st) resigns. February 20, 1998: Representative Jay Hottinger (R-77th) resigns to become state Senator of the 31st District. May 1, 1998: Representative Jim Mason (R-25th) resigns to become a judge on the 10th District Court of Appeals. May 12, 1998: Representative Rocco Colonna (R-18th) resigns. September 16, 1998: Representative Frank Sawyer (D-79th) resigns due to health concerns. December 8, 1998: Representative Mike Verich (D-66th) resigns. December 16, 1998: Senator Jeffrey Johnson (D-21st) resigns. Appointments January 6, 1997: Patrick Sweeney appointed to the 23rd Senatorial District due to the resignation of Senator Dennis Kucinich. February 5, 1997: Mike Shoemaker is appointed to the 17th Senatorial District due to the resignation of Senator Jan Michael Long. February 5, 1997: Ron Mottl is appointed to the 20th House District due to the resignation of Representative Ron Mottl. February 8, 1997: Bob Hagan is appointed to the 33rd Senatorial District due to the resignation of Senator Joseph Vukovich. February 8, 1997: Joseph P. Sulzer is appointed to the 91st House District due to the resignation of Mike Shoemaker August 8, 1997: John Willamowski is appointed to the 1st House District due to the resignation of Bill Thompson October 15, 1997: Greg Jolivette is appointed to the 59th House District due to the resignation of Mike Fox. December 5, 1997: Larry Mumper is appointed to the 26th Senatorial District due to the resignation of Senator Karen Gillmor. January 6, 1998: Dixie Allen is appointed to the 38th House District due to the resignation of Lloyd Lewis Jr. February 20, 1998: David R. Evans is appointed to the 77th House District due to the resignation of Jay Hottinger. February 20, 1998: Jay Hottinger is appointed to the 31st Senatorial District due to the resignation of Senator Nancy Dix. May 12, 1998: David Goodman is appointed to the 25th House District due to the resignation of Jim Mason. June 23, 1998: Erin Sullivan is appointed to the 18th House District due to the resignation of Rocco Colonna. September 16, 1998: William J. Hartnett is appointed to the 79th House District due to the resignation of Frank Sawyer. December 8, 1998: Chris Verich is appointed to the 66th House District due to the resignation of Mike Verich. Senate Leadership Majority leadership President of the Senate: Richard Finan President pro tempore of the Senate: Robert R. Cupp Assistant pro tempore: Eugene J. Watts Whip: Nancy Dix Minority leadership Leader: Ben Espy Assistant Leader: Linda J. Furney Whip: Jeffrey Johnson Assistant Whip: Leigh Herington Members of the 122nd Ohio Senate District Senator Party First elected 1 M. Ben Gaeth Republican 1974 2 Bob Latta Republican 1996 3 Bruce E. Johnson Republican 1994 (Appt.) 4 Scott Nein Republican 1995 (Appt.) 5 Rhine McLin Democratic 1994 6 Chuck Horn Republican 1984 7 Richard Finan Republican 1978 (Appt.) 8 Lou Blessing Republican 1996 9 Janet C. Howard Republican 1994 10 Merle G. Kearns Republican 1991 (Appt.) 11 Linda J. Furney Democratic 1986 12 Robert R. Cupp Republican 1984 13 Alan Zaleski Democrat 1982 14 Doug White Republican 1996 (Appt.) 15 Ben Espy Democratic 1992 (Appt.) 16 Eugene J. Watts Republican 1984 17 Michael Shoemaker Democratic 1997 (Appt.) 18 Robert A. Gardner Republican 1996 19 Richard Schafrath Republican 1986 20 James E. Carnes Republican 1995 (Appt.) 21 Jeffrey Johnson Democratic 1990 (Appt.) 22 Grace L. Drake Republican 1984 (Appt.) 23 Patrick Sweeney Democratic 1997 (Appt.) 24 Gary C. Suhadolnik Republican 1980 25 Judy Sheerer Democratic 1992 (Appt.) 26 Larry Mumper Republican 1997 (Appt.) 27 Roy Ray Republican 1986 28 Leigh Herington Democratic 1995 (Appt.) 29 Scott Oelslager Republican 1985 (Appt.) 30 Gregory L. DiDonato Democratic 1996 31 Jay Hottinger Republican 1998 (Appt.) 32 Anthony Latell Jr. Democratic 1992 33 Bob Hagan Democratic 1997 (Appt.) House of Representatives Leadership Majority leadership Speaker of the House: Jo Ann Davidson President pro tempore of the House: William G. Batchelder Floor Leader: Randy Gardner Assistant Majority Floor Leader: Pat Tiberi Majority Whip: Jim Buchy Assistant Majority Whip: Bill Harris Minority leadership Leader: Ross Boggs Assistant Leader: Johnnie Maier Whip: Charleta Taveres Assistant Whip: Tom Roberts Members of the 122nd Ohio House of Representatives District Representative Party First elected 1 John R. Willamowski Republican 1997 (Appt.) 2 George E. Terwilleger Republican 1992 3 Sean D. Logan Democratic 1990 (Appt.) 4 Randy Gardner Republican 1985 (Appt.) 5 Ross Boggs Democratic 1982 6 Jon D. Myers Republican 1990 7 Ron Amstutz Republican 1980 8 C.J. Prentiss Democratic 1990 9 Barbara Boyd Democratic 1992 10 Troy Lee James Democratic 1967 11 Peter Lawson Jones Democratic 1996 12 Vermel Whalen Democratic 1986 (Appt.) 13 Barbara C. Pringle Democratic 1982 (Appt.) 14 Ed Jerse Democratic 1995 (Appt.) 15 Mike Wise Republican 1992 16 Ed Kasputis Republican 1990 17 Dan Brady Democratic 1996 18 Erin Sullivan Democratic 1998 (Appt.) 19 Dale Miller Democratic 1996 20 Ron Mottl Democratic 1997 (Appt.) 21 Otto Beatty Jr. Democratic 1980 (Appt.) 22 Charleta Tavares Democratic 1993 (Appt.) 23 Amy Salerno Republican 1994 24 Jo Ann Davidson Republican 1980 25 David Goodman Republican 1998 (Appt.) 26 Patrick Tiberi Republican 27 E. J. Thomas Republican 28 Priscilla D. Mead Republican 1992 29 Bill Schuck Republican 30 Samuel T. Britton Democratic 1994 31 Mark Mallory Democratic 1994 32 Dale N. Van Vyven Republican 33 Jerome F. Luebbers Democratic 1978 34 Cheryl Winkler Republican 1990 (Appt.) 35 Patricia Clancy Republican 1996 36 Bob Schuler Republican 1992 37 Jacquelyn K. O'Brien Republican 1986 38 Dixie Allen Democratic 1998 (Appt.) 39 Tom Roberts Democratic 1986 (Appt.) 40 Jeff Jacobson Republican 41 Don Mottley Republican 1992 42 Bob Corbin Republican 1976 43 Bob Netzley Republican 1967 44 Vernon Sykes Democratic 1983 (Appt.) 45 Bryan C. Williams Republican 1996 46 Kevin Coughlin Republican 1996 47 Betty Sutton Democratic 1992 48 Twyla Roman Republican 1994 49 Jack Ford Democratic 1994 50 John Garcia Republican 1994 51 Lynn Olman Republican 1995 (Appt.) 52 Sally Perz Republican 1992 53 Darrell Opfer Democratic 1992 54 William J. Healy Democratic 1974 55 Kirk Schuring Republican 1994 56 Johnnie Maier Jr. Democratic 1990 57 Ron Hood Republican 1994 58 Gary Cates Republican 1995 (Appt.) 59 Greg Jolivette Republican 1997 (Appt.) 60 Gene Krebs Republican 61 Dan Metelsky Democratic 1996 (Appt.) 62 John Bender Democratic 1992 63 Bill Taylor Republican 1994 64 Sylvester Patton Democratic 1997 (Appt.) 65 Ron Gerberry Democratic 1974 66 Chris Verich Democratic 1998 67 June Lucas Democratic 1986 68 Diane Grendell Republican 1992 69 Ron Young Republican 70 Jamie Callender Republican 1996 71 Sam Bateman Republican 72 Rose Vesper Republican 73 David Hartley Democratic 74Joe Haines Republican 1980 75 Ann H. Womer Benjamin Republican 1994 76 Marilyn Reid Republican 1992 77 Jay Hottinger Republican 78 Larry Householder Republican 1996 79 William J. Hartnett Democratic 1998 (Appt.) 87 Joan Lawrence Republican 1982 81 William G. Batchelder Republican 1968 82 Richard Hodges Republican 1992 83 Lynn Wachtmann Republican 1984 84 Jim Buchy Republican 85 Jim Jordan Republican 1994 86 Chuck Brading Republican 87 Ed Core Republican 88 Dennis Stapleton Republican 1996 (Appt.) 89 Rex Damschroder Republican 1994 90 Randy Weston Democratic 1990 91 Joseph P. Sulzer Democratic 1997 (Appt.) 92 William L. Ogg Democratic 1994 93 Bill Harris Republican 1994 94 John Carey Republican 1994 95 Joy Padgett Republican 1992 96 Tom Johnson Republican 1976 97 Kerry R. Metzger Republican 1994 98 Jerry W. Krupinski Democratic 1986 99 Charlie Wilson Democratic 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 Ohio District Maps 2002–2012 Ohio House of Representatives: November 5, 1996 Ohio Secretary of State Category:Ohio legislative sessions Ohio Ohio Category:1997 in Ohio Category:1998 in Ohio de:Repräsentantenhaus von Ohio