120th Ohio General Assembly

February 2025 January 2025 The One Hundred Twentieth Ohio General Assembly was the legislative body of the state of Ohio in 1993 and 1994. In this General Assembly, the Ohio Senate was controlled by the Republicans and the Ohio House of Representatives was controlled by the Democrats. In the Senate, there were 19 Republicans and 14 Democrats. In the House, there were 52 Democrats and 47 Republicans. It was the first General Assembly to use redistricted legislative districts from the 1990 United States census. Major events Vacancies April 13, 1993: Senator Harry Meshel (D-33rd) resigns. July 1, 1993: Representative Ray Miller (D-22nd) resigns. December 31, 1993: Senator Steven Williams (R-31st) resigns. February 2, 1994: Senator Ted Gray (R-3rd) resigns. Appointments April 21, 1993: Joseph Vukovich is appointed to the 33rd Senatorial District due to the resignation of Harry Meshel July 1, 1993: Charleta Tavares is appointed to the 22nd House District due to the resignation of Ray Miller. January 4, 1994: Nancy Dix is appointed to the 31st Senatorial District due to the resignation of Steven Williams. March 1, 1994: Bruce E. Johnson is appointed to the 3rd Senatorial District due to the resignation of Ted Gray. Senate Leadership Majority leadership President of the Senate: Stanley Aronoff President pro tempore of the Senate: Richard Finan Assistant pro tempore: Eugene J. Watts Whip: Roy Ray Minority leadership Leader: Robert Boggs Assistant Leader: Alan Zaleski Whip: Ben Espy Assistant Whip: Bob Nettle Members of the 120th Ohio Senate District Senator Party First elected 1 M. Ben Gaeth Republican 1974 2 Betty Montgomery Republican 1988 3 Bruce E. Johnson Republican 1994 (Appt.) 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 Merle G. Kearns Republican 1991 (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 Ben Espy Democratic 1992 (Appt.) 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 Jeffrey Johnson Democratic 1990 (Appt.) 22 Grace L. Drake Republican 1984 (Appt.) 23 Anthony Sinagra Democratic 1990 24 Gary C. Suhadolnik Republican 1980 25 Judy Sheerer Democratic 1992 (Appt.) 26 Karen Gillmor Republican 1992 27 Roy Ray Republican 1986 28 Bob Nettle Democratic 1986 29 Scott Oelslager Republican 1985 (Appt.) 30 Rob Burch Democratic 1984 31 Nancy Dix Republican 1994 (Appt.) 32 Anthony Latell Jr. Democratic 1992 33 Joseph Vukovich Democratic 1993 (Appt.) 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 Sykes Majority Whip: Jane Campbell Assistant Majority Whip: Marc Guthrie Minority leadership Leader: Jo Ann Davidson Assistant Leader: William G. Batchelder Whip: Randy Gardner Assistant Whip: Tom Johnson Members of the 120th Ohio House of Representatives District Representative Party First elected 1 Bill Thompson Republican 1986 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 Jane Campbell Democratic 1984 12 Vermel Whalen Democratic 1986 (Appt.) 13 Barbara C. Pringle Democratic 1982 (Appt.) 14 Ron Suster Democratic 1980 15 Mike Wise Republican 1992 16 Ed Kasputis Republican 1990 17 Madeline Cain Democratic 1988 18 Rocco Colonna Democratic 1974 19 Patrick Sweeney Democratic 1967 20 Ron Mottl Democratic 1986 21 Otto Beatty Jr. Democratic 1980 (Appt.) 22 Charleta Tavares Democratic 1993 (Appt.) 23 Mike Stinziano Democratic 1972 24 Jo Ann Davidson Republican 1980 25 Jim Mason Republican 1992 26 Patrick Tiberi Republican 1992 27 E. J. Thomas Republican 28 Priscilla D. Mead Republican 1992 29 Bill Schuck Republican 30 Helen Rankin Democratic 1978 (Appt.) 31 William L. Mallory Sr. Democratic 1966 32 Dale N. Van Vyven Republican 1978 (Appt.) 33 Jerome F. Luebbers Democratic 1978 34 Cheryl Winkler Republican 1990 (Appt.) 35 Lou Blessing Republican 1982 36 Bob Schuler Republican 1992 37 Jacquelin K. O'Brien Republican 1986 38 Rhine McLin Democratic 1989 (Appt.) 39 Tom Roberts Democratic 1986 (Appt.) 40 Jeff Jacobson Republican 1992 (Appt.) 41 Don Mottley Republican 1992 42 Bob Corbin Republican 1976 43 Bob Netzley Republican 1967 44 Vernon Sykes Democratic 1983 (Appt.) 45 Karen Doty Democratic 1992 46 Wayne Jones Democratic 1988 (Appt.) 47 Betty Sutton Democratic 1992 48 Tom Seese Democratic 1986 (Appt.) 49 Casey Jones Democratic 1968 50 Barney Quilter Democratic 1966 51 Tim Greenwood Republican 1988 52 Sally Perz Republican 1992 53 Darrell Opfer Democratic 1992 54 William J. Healy Democratic 1974 55 Dave Johnson Republican 1978 56 Johnnie Maier Jr. Democratic 1990 57 Francis Carr Democratic 1992 58 Scott Nein Republican 1990 59 Michael A. Fox Republican 1974 60 Gene Krebs Republican 61 Joseph Koziura Democratic 1984 62 John Bender Democratic 1992 63 Katherine Walsh Democratic 1988 64 Bob Hagan Democratic 1986 65 Ron Gerberry Democratic 1974 66 Michael G. Verich Democratic 1982 67 June Lucas Democratic 1986 68 Diane Grendell Republican 1992 69 Ray Sines Republican 70 Dan Troy Democratic 1982 71 Sam Bateman Republican 1984 72 Rose Vesper Republican 1992 73 David Hartley Democratic 1972 74Joe Haines Republican 1980 75 Paul Jones Democratic 1982 76 Marilyn Reid Republican 1992 77 Marc Guthrie Democratic 1982 78 Mary Abel Democratic 1989 (Appt.) 79 Frank Sawyer Democratic 1982 80 Joan Lawrence Republican 1982 81 William G. Batchelder Republican 1968 82 Richard Hodges Republican 1992 83 Lynn Wachtmann Republican 1984 84 Jim Buchy Republican 1982 85 Jim Davis Republican 1984 86 Chuck Brading Republican 87 Ed Core Republican 1990 88 Doug White Republican 1990 89 Dwight Wise Democratic 1982 90 Randy Weston Democratic 1990 91 Mike Shoemaker Democratic 1982 92 Vern Riffe Democratic 1967 93 Eugene Byers Republican 1986 94 Mark Malone Democratic 1984 95 Joy Padgett Republican 1992 96 Tom Johnson Republican 1976 97 Greg DiDonato Republican 1990 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:1993 in Ohio Category:1994 in Ohio