124th Ohio General Assembly

February 2025 January 2025 The One Hundred Twenty-fourth Ohio General Assembly was the legislative body of the state of Ohio in 2001 and 2002. In this General Assembly, both the Ohio Senate and the Ohio House of Representatives were controlled by the Republican Party. In the Senate, there were 21 Republicans and 12 Democrats. In the House, there were 60 Republicans and 39 Democrats. It was also the last General Assembly to use redistricted legislative districts after the 1990 United States census. Major events Vacancies January 16, 2001: Senator Roy Ray (R-27th) resigns. February 5, 2001: Representative Kevin Coughlin (R-46th) resigns to take a seat in the Ohio Senate. September 18, 2001: Senator Bruce Johnson (R-3rd) resigns to become Director of Development in the cabinet of Governor Bob Taft. October 2, 2001: Representative David Goodman (R-25th) resigns to become a member of the Ohio Senate. October 17, 2001: Representative Dan Metelsky (D-61) resigns to become deputy director of the Ohio Lottery. December 5, 2001: Senator Rhine McLin (D-5th) resigns to become Mayor of Dayton, Ohio. December 31, 2001: Representative Jack Ford (D-49th) resigns to become Mayor of Toledo, Ohio. February 9, 2002: Representative Peter Lawson Jones (D-11th) resigns to become a Cuyahoga County, Ohio Commissioner February 13, 2002: Representative John E. Barnes Jr. (D-12th) resigns to become Director of Community Relations for Cleveland, Ohio. December 19, 2002: Senator Tim Ryan (D-32nd) resigns due to his election to the United States House of Representatives. December 31, 2002: Senator Priscilla D. Mead (R-16th) resigns. Appointments February 6, 2001: Kevin Coughlin appointed to the 27th Senatorial District due to the resignation of Roy Ray. February 12, 2001: John Widowfield appointed to the 46th House District due to the resignation of Kevin Coughlin. October 2, 2001: David Goodman appointed to the 3rd Senatorial District due to the resignation of Bruce Johnson. October 10, 2001: Jim McGregor appointed to the 25th House District due to the resignation of David Goodman. October 30, 2001: Joseph Koziura appointed to the 61st House District due to the resignation of Dan Metelsky. January 8, 2002: Edna Brown appointed to the 49th House District due to the resignation of Jack Ford. January 9, 2002: Tom Roberts appointed to the 5th Senatorial District due to the resignation of Rhine McLin. February 13, 2002: Michael DeBose appointed to the 12th House District due to the resignation of John E. Barnes Jr. February 20, 2002: Lance Mason appointed to the 11th House District due to the resignation of Peter Lawson Jones. Senate Leadership Majority leadership President of the Senate: Richard Finan President pro tempore of the Senate: Bruce Johnson Assistant pro tempore: Jay Hottinger Whip: Randy Gardner Minority leadership Leader: Leigh Herington Assistant Leader: Greg DiDonato Whip: Dan Brady Assistant Whip: Mark Mallory Members of the 124th Ohio Senate District Senator Party First elected 1 Lynn Wachtmann Republican 1998 2 Randy Gardner Republican 2000 3 David Goodman Republican 2001 (Appt.) 4 Scott Nein Republican 1995 (Appt.) 5 Tom Roberts Democratic 2002 (Appt.) 6 Jeff Jacobson Republican 2000 7 Richard Finan Republican 1978 (Appt.) 8 Lou Blessing Republican 1996 9 Mark Mallory Democratic 1998 10 Steve Austria Republican 2000 11 Linda J. Furney Democratic 1986 12 Jim Jordan Republican 2000 13 Jeff Armbruster Republican 1998 14 Doug White Republican 1996 (Appt.) 15 Ben Espy Democratic 1992 (Appt.) 16 Priscilla D. Mead Republican 2000 17 Michael Shoemaker Democratic 1997 (Appt.) 18 Robert A. Gardner Republican 1996 19 Bill Harris Republican 2000 (Appt.) 20 James E. Carnes Republican 1995 (Appt.) 21 C.J. Prentiss Democratic 1998 22 Ron Amstutz Republican 2000 23 Dan Brady Democratic 1998 24 Robert Spada Republican 1999 (Appt.) 25 Eric Fingerhut Democratic 1998 26 Larry Mumper Republican 1997 (Appt.) 27 Kevin Coughlin Republican 2001 (Appt.) 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 Tim Ryan Democratic 2000 33 Bob Hagan Democratic 1997 (Appt.) House of Representatives Leadership Majority leadership Speaker of the House: Larry Householder President pro tempore of the Senate: Gary Cates Floor Leader: Patricia Clancy Assistant Majority Floor Leader: Steve Buehrer Majority Whip: Jim Trakas Assistant Majority Whip: Jon Peterson Minority leadership Leader: Jack Ford Assistant Leader: Charlie Wilson Whip: Erin Sullivan Assistant Whip: Dale Miller Members of the 124th Ohio House of Representatives District Representative Party First elected 1 John R. Willamowski Republican 1997 (Appt.) 2 Tom Raga Republican 2000 3 Chuck Blasdel Republican 2000 4 Bob Latta Republican 2000 5 George Distel Democratic 1999 (Appt.) 6 Tim Schaffer Republican 2000 7 Jim Carmichael Republican 2000 8 Shirley Smith Democratic 1998 9 Claudette Woodard Democratic 2000 10 Annie L. Key Democratic 2000 11 Lance Mason Democratic 2002 (Appt.) 12 Michael DeBose Democratic 2002 (Appt.) 13 Mary Rose Oakar Democratic 2000 14 Ed Jerse Democratic 1995 (Appt.) 15 Jim Trakas Republican 1998 16 Sally Conway Kilbane Republican 1998 17 Bryan Flannery Democratic 1998 18 Erin Sullivan Democratic 1998 (Appt.) 19 Dale Miller Democratic 1996 20 Dean DePiero Democratic 1998 21 Joyce Beatty Democratic 1999 (Appt.) 22 Ray Miller Democratic 1998 23 Amy Salerno Republican 1994 24 Larry L. Flowers Republican 2000 25 Jim McGregor Republican 2001 (Appt.) 26 Linda Reidelbach Republican 2000 27 Jim Hughes Republican 2000 (Appt.) 28 Geoffrey C. Smith Republican 1998 29 Larry Wolpert Republican 30 Samuel T. Britton Democratic 1994 31 Catherine L. Barrett Democratic 1998 32 Wayne Coates Democratic 2000 33 Steve Driehaus Democratic 2000 34 Bill Seitz Republican 2000 35 Patricia Clancy Republican 1996 36 Michelle G. Schneider Republican 2000 37 Tom Brinkman Jr. Republican 2000 38 Dixie Allen Democratic 1998 (Appt.) 39 Fred Strahorn Democratic 2000 40 Arlene Setzer Republican 2000 41 Jon Husted Republican 2000 42 John White Republican 2000 43 Diana Fessler Republican 2000 44 Barbara Sykes Democratic 2000 45 Bryan C. Williams Republican 1996 46 John Widowfield Republican 2001 (Appt.) 47 Robert J. Otterman Democratic 2000 48 Twyla Roman Republican 1994 49 Edna Brown Democratic 2002 (Appt.) 50 Jeanine Perry Democratic 1998 51 Lynn Olman Republican 1995 (Appt.) 52 Teresa Fedor Democratic 2000 53 Chris Redfern Democratic 1999 (Appt.) 54 Mary Cirelli Democratic 2000 55 Kirk Schuring Republican 1994 56 John Hagan Republican 2000 57 John Boccieri Democratic 2000 58 Gary Cates Republican 1995 (Appt.) 59 Greg Jolivette Republican 1997 (Appt.) 60 Shawn Webster Republican 2000 61 Joseph Koziura Democratic 2001 (Appt.) 62 Jeffrey Manning Republican 2000 63 J. Tom Lendrum Republican 2000 64 Sylvester Patton Democratic 1997 (Appt.) 65 Kenneth Carano Democratic 2000 66 Daniel Sferra Democratic 2000 67 Anthony Latell Jr. Democratic 2000 68 Tim Grendell Republican 2000 69 Ron Young Republican 70 Jamie Callender Republican 1996 71 Jean Schmidt Republican 2000 72 Tom Niehaus Republican 2000 73 Ron Rhine Democratic 74 Merle G. Kearns Republican 2000 75 Ann H. Womer Benjamin Republican 1994 76 Kevin DeWine Republican 2000 77 David R. Evans Republican 1998 (Appt.) 78 Larry Householder Republican 1996 79 William J. Hartnett Democratic 1998 (Appt.) 80 Jon Peterson Republican 2000 81 Chuck Calvert Republican 82 Steve Buehrer Republican 1998 83 Jim Hoops Republican 1998 84 Keith Faber Republican 2000 85 Derrick Seaver Republican 2000 86 Mike Gilb Republican 2000 87 Tony Core Republican 1999 (Appt.) 88 Dennis Stapleton Republican 1996 (Appt.) 89 Rex Damschroder Republican 1994 90 Steve Reinhard Republican 2000 91 Joseph P. Sulzer Democratic 1997 (Appt.) 92 William L. Ogg Democratic 1994 93 Thom Collier Republican 2000 (Appt.) 94 John Carey Republican 1994 95 Jim Aslanides Republican 1999 (Appt.) 96 Nancy P. Hollister Republican 1999 (Appt.) 97 Kerry R. Metzger Republican 1994 98 Eileen Krupinski Democratic 2000 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 7, 2000 Ohio Secretary of State Ohio Senate: November 7, 2000 Ohio Secretary of State Category:Ohio legislative sessions Category:2001 in Ohio Category:2002 in Ohio Ohio Ohio