120th Ohio General Assembly

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

Senate

Leadership

Majority leadership

Minority leadership

Members of the 120th Ohio Senate

District Senator Party First elected
1 M. Ben Gaeth [1] Republican 1974
2 Betty Montgomery [2] Republican 1988
3 Bruce E. Johnson [3] Republican 1994 (Appt.)
4 Barry Levey [4] Republican 1987 (Appt.)
5 Neal Zimmers Democratic 1974
6 Chuck Horn [5] Republican 1984
7 Richard Finan [6] Republican 1978 (Appt.)
8 Stanley Aronoff Republican 1967
9 Bill Bowen [7] Democratic 1970 (Appt.)
10 Merle G. Kearns [8] Republican 1991 (Appt.)
11 Linda J. Furney [9] Democratic 1986
12 Robert R. Cupp [10] Republican 1984
13 Alan Zaleski [11] Democrat 1982
14 Cooper Snyder [12] Republican 1979 (Appt.)
15 Ben Espy [13] Democratic 1992 (Appt.)
16 Eugene J. Watts [14] Republican 1984
17 Jan Michael Long [15] Democratic 1986
18 Robert Boggs [16] Democratic 1982
19 Richard Schafrath [17] Republican 1986
20 Bob Ney [18] Republican 1984 (Appt.)
21 Jeffrey Johnson [19] Democratic 1990 (Appt.)
22 Grace L. Drake [20] Republican 1984 (Appt.)
23 Anthony Sinagra [21] Democratic 1990
24 Gary C. Suhadolnik [22] Republican 1980
25 Judy Sheerer [23] Democratic 1992 (Appt.)
26 Karen Gillmor [24] Republican 1992
27 Roy Ray [25] Republican 1986
28 Bob Nettle [26] Democratic 1986
29 Scott Oelslager [27] Republican 1985 (Appt.)
30 Rob Burch [28] Democratic 1984
31 Nancy Dix [29] Republican 1994 (Appt.)
32 Anthony Latell Jr. [30] Democratic 1992
33 Joseph Vukovich [31] Democratic 1993 (Appt.)

House of Representatives

Leadership

Majority leadership

Minority leadership

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
74 Joe 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

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