109th Ohio General Assembly

February 2025 January 2025 February 2025 The One Hundred Ninth Ohio General Assembly was the legislative body of the state of Ohio in 1971 and 1972. 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 20 Republicans and 13 Democrats. In the House, there were 54 Republicans and 45 Democrats. It was the last General Assembly to use districts drawn after the 1966 apportionment. Major events Vacancies January 5, 1971: Senator Walter E. Powell (R-4th) resigns to take a seat in the United States House of Representatives. January 11, 1971: Senator William B. Nye (D-28th) resigns to take a seat in the cabinet of Governor John Gilligan. December 31, 1971: Senator James K. Leedy (R-19th) resigns. December 15, 1972: Senator Jerry O'Shaughnessy (D-15th) dies.https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-plain-dealer/165188161/ Sen. O'Shaughnessy Dies; Democrats to Fill Seat The Plain Dealer December 16, 1972 February 10, 2025 2B Newspapers.com Appointments January 5, 1971: Donald E. “Buz” Lukens is appointed to the 4th Senatorial District. January 12, 1972: Kenneth F. Berry is appointed to the 19th Senatorial District. January 13, 1971: John Poda is appointed to the 28th Senatorial District. January 1973: Robert O'Shaughnessy is appointed to the 15th District. Senate Leadership Majority leadership President of the Senate: John W. Brown President pro tempore of the Senate: Theodore Gray Majority Whip: Minority leadership Leader: Anthony Calabrese Assistant Leader: Oliver Ocasek Members of the 109th Ohio Senate District Senator Party First elected 1 Howard C. Cook Republican 1966 2 Tennyson Guyer Republican 1958 3 Ted Gray Republican 1950 4 Buz Lukens Republican 1971 (Appt.) 5 Clara Weisenborn Republican 1966 6 David Holcomb Republican 1966 7 Michael Maloney Republican 1964 (Appt.) 8 Stanley Aronoff Republican 1966 9 Bill Bowen Democratic 1970 (Appt.) 10 Max Dennis Republican 1963 (Appt.) 11 Marigene Valiquette Democratic 1969 (Appt.) 12 Paul Gillmor Republican 1966 13 Robert J. Corts Republican 1968 14 Robin Turner Republican 1962 15 Robert O'Shaughnessy Democratic 1972 (Appt.) 16 Bob Shaw Republican 1952 17 Harry Armstrong Republican 1966 18 Oakley C. Collins Republican 1950 19 Kenneth F. Berry Republican 1972 (Appt.) 20 Robert Secrest Democratic 1968 21 Morris Jackson Democratic 1966 22 Anthony O. Calabrese Democratic 1956 23 Anthony F. Novak Democratic 1962 24 Ron Mottl Democratic 1968 25 Paul Matia Republican 1970 26 William W. Taft Republican 1966 27 Oliver Ocasek Democratic 1958 28 John Poda Democratic 1971 (Appt.) 29 Ralph Regula Republican 1966 30 Doug Applegate Democratic 1968 31 Robert Stockdale Republican 1962 32 Bishop Kilpatrick Democratic 1966 33 Harry Meshel Democratic 1970 House of Representatives Members of the 109th Ohio House of Representatives District Representative Party First elected 1 Fred Hadley Republican 1967 2 Robert Wilhelm Republican 1967 3 Jack P. Oliver Republican 1968 4 Charles Kurfess Republican 1967 5 Robert D. Schuck Republican 1968 6 Walter White Republican 1967 7 Bob Netzley Republican 1967 8 Rodney Hughes Republican 1967 9 Charles Fry Republican 1967 10 John Scott Republican 1968 11 Corwin Nixon Republican 1967 12 Bill Mussey Republican 1967 13 Howard Knight Republican 1967 14 Ethel Swanbeck Republican 1967 15 Paul Pfeifer Republican 1970 16 Lloyd Kerns Republican 1967 17 Richard Christiansen Democratic 1967 18 Kenneth Creasy Republican 1967 19 Raymond Luther Republican 1970 20 Joseph Hiestand Republican 1967 21 Myrl Shoemaker Democratic 1967 22 Vern Riffe Democratic 1967 23 William G. Batchelder Republican 1968 24 John Johnson Democratic 1970 25 Don Maddux Democratic 1968 26 Carlton Davidson Republican 1967 27 Ralph Welker Republican 1967 28 David Weissert Republican 1967 29 Sam Speck Republican 1970 30 A.G. Lancione Democratic 1967 31 John Baker Republican 1968 32 William Hinig Democratic 1967 33 Arthur Bowers Democratic 1968 34 John Wargo Democratic 1970 35 Marcus Roberto Democratic 1970 36 James Mueller Democratic 1970 37 Joe Tulley Republican 1967 38 E. W. Lampson Republican 1967 39 David Armbruster Democratic 1970 40 Tom Kindness Republican 1970 41 Ike Thompson Democratic 1970 42 Larry Smith Democratic 1967 43 Anthony Russo Democratic1967 44 John Thompson Democratic 1970 45 Robert Jaskulski Democratic 1970 46 Troy Lee James Democratic 1967 47 Patrick Sweeney Democratic 1967 48 Jim Flannery Democratic 1967 49 Richard Celeste Democratic 1970 50 James Celebrezze Democratic 1967 51 Donna Pope Republican 1972 (Appt.) 52 George Mastics Republican 1967 53 Edward Ryder Republican 1971 (Appt.) 54 John Sweeney Democratic 1970 55 Leonard Ostrovsky Democratic 1968 56 Harry Lehman Democratic 1970 57 Walter Rutkowski Democratic 1968 58 Larry Hughes Republican 1968 59 Alan Norris Republican 1966 60 James Baumann Democratic 1970 61 Mack Pemberton Republican 1966 62 Doris Jones Republican 1966 63 Phale Hale Democratic 1966 64 Keith McNamara Republican 1960 65 John Bechtold Republican 1966 66 Dale Schmidt Republican 1968 67 Frank H. Mayfield Republican 1968 (Appt.) 68 Chester Cruze Republican 1968 69 James Rankin Democratic 1970 70 Norman Murdock Republican 1966 71 Gordon M. Scherer Republican 1964 72 William L. Mallory Sr. Democratic 1966 73 Thomas Pottenger Republican 1968 74 Leo Camera Democratic 1968 75 Don Pease Democratic 1968 76 John Galbraith Republican 1966 77 Donald Fraser Republican 1968 78 Casey Jones Democratic 1968 79 Arthur Wilkowski Democratic 1969 (Appt.) 80 Barney Quilter Democratic 1966 81 John V. McCarthy Democratic 1968 82 George D. Tablack Democratic 1970 (Appt.) 83 Walter Paulo Republican 1966 84 Fred Young Republican 1968 85 David Albritton Republican 1960 86 Tom Fries Democratic 1970 87 Tony P. Hall Democratic 1968 88 C.J. McLin Democratic 1966 89 Ross Heintzelman Republican 1968 90 James Thorpe Republican 1966 91 Robert Levitt Republican 1962 92 Richard Reichel Republican 1966 93 Morris Boyd Republican 1966 94 Robert Manning Republican 1966 95 Claude Fiocca Democratic 1966 96 David Headley Democratic 1966 97 Ronald Weyandt Democratic 1971 (Appt.) 98 Bob Nader Democratic 1970 99 Michael Del Bane Democratic 1968 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 External links 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:1971 in Ohio Category:1972 in Ohio