119th Ohio General Assembly

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The One Hundred Nineteenth Ohio General Assembly was the legislative body of the state of Ohio in 1991 and 1992. In this General Assembly, the Ohio Senate was controlled by the Republicans, consisting of 19 Republicans and 14 Democrats. The Ohio House of Representatives was controlled by the Democrats, with 62 Democrats and 37 Republicans.

Major events

Vacancies

January 3, 1991: Senator David Hobson (R-10th) resigns to take a seat in the United States House of Representatives.
April 19, 1992: Representative Russ Guerra (R-40th) dies.
April 21, 1992: Senator Paul Pfeiffer (D-15th) resigns.
June 30, 1992: Representative Joe Secrest (D-95th) resigns.
December 17, 1992: Representative Judy Sheerer (D-18th) resigns to take a seat in the Ohio Senate.
December 17, 1992: Senator Eric Fingerhut (D-25th) resigns to take a seat in the United States House of Representatives.

Appointments

January 3, 1991: Merle G. Kearns is appointed to the 10th Senatorial District due to the resignation of Dave Hobson.
April 21, 1992: Ben Espy is appointed to the 15th Senatorial District due to the resignation of Paul Pfeiffer.
June 17, 1992: Jeff Jacobson is appointed to the 40th House District due to the death of Russ Guerra.
June 30, 1992: Mike McCullough is appointed to the 95th House District due to the resignation of Joe Secrest.
December 17, 1992: Judy Sheerer is appointed to the 25th Senatorial District due to the resignation of Eric Fingerhut.

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: Bob Nettle
Assistant Whip: Jeffrey Johnson

Members of the 119th Ohio Senate

District	Senator	Party	First elected
1	M. Ben Gaeth	Republican	1974
2	Betty Montgomery	Republican	1988
3	Ted Gray	Republican	1967
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	Paul Pfeifer	Republican	1976
27	Roy Ray	Republican	1986
28	Bob Nettle	Democratic	1986
29	Scott Oelslager	Republican	1985 (Appt.)
30	Rob Burch	Democratic	1984
31	Steven O. Williams	Republican	1990
32	Charles Henry	Democratic	1988
33	Harry Meshel	Democratic	1970

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: Cliff Skeen
Majority Whip: Judy Sheerer
Assistant Majority Whip: Marc Guthrie

Minority leadership

Leader: Corwin Nixon
Assistant Leader: Dave Johnson
Whip: Jo Ann Davidson
Assistant Whip: Randy Gardner

Members of the 119th Ohio House of Representatives

District	Representative	Party	First elected
1	Bill Thompson	Republican	1986
2	Ross Boggs	Democratic	1982
3	Sean D. Logan	Democratic	1990 (Appt.)
4	William G. Batchelder	Republican	1968
5	Randy Gardner	Republican	1985 (Appt.)
6	Ed Kasputis	Republican	1990
7	Rocco Colonna	Democratic	1974
8	Madeline Cain	Democratic	1988
9	Patrick Sweeney	Democratic	1967
10	Ron Mottl	Democratic	1986
11	Barbara C. Pringle	Democratic	1982 (Appt.)
12	Troy Lee James	Democratic	1967
13	Frank Mahnic Jr.	Democratic	1988
14	C.J. Prentiss	Democratic	1990
15	Jane Campbell	Democratic	1984
16	Vermel Whalen	Democratic	1986 (Appt.)
17	Suzanne Bergansky	Democratic	1988
18	Vacant	Democratic
19	Ron Suster	Democratic	1980
20	Cheryl Winkler	Republican	1990 (Appt.)
21	Jerome F. Luebbers	Democratic	1978
22	Lou Blessing	Republican	1982
23	William L. Mallory Sr.	Democratic	1966
24	Terry Tranter	Democratic	1976 (Appt.)
25	Helen Rankin	Democratic	1978 (Appt.)
26	Jacquelin K. O'Brien	Republican	1986
27	Dale N. Van Vyven	Republican	1978 (Appt.)
28	Ed Thomas Jr.	Republican
29	Ray Miller	Democratic	1982
30	Mike Stinziano	Democratic	1972
31	Otto Beatty Jr.	Democratic	1980 (Appt.)
32	Dean Conley	Democratic	1978
33	Richard Cordray	Democratic	1990
34	Jo Ann Davidson	Republican	1980
35	Bill Schuck	Republican
36	Rhine McLin	Democratic	1989 (Appt.)
37	Tom Roberts	Democratic	1986 (Appt.)
38	Bob Corbin	Republican	1976
39	Bob Hickey	Democratic	1982
40	Jeff Jacobson	Republican	1992 (Appt.)
41	Tom Seese	Democratic	1986 (Appt.)
42	Vernon Sykes	Democratic	1983 (Appt.)
43	Wayne Jones	Democratic	1988 (Appt.)
44	Tom Watkins	Republican	1984
45	Casey Jones	Democratic	1968
46	Don Czarcinski	Democratic	1983 (Appt.)
47	Barney Quilter	Democratic	1966
48	Tim Greenwood	Republican	1988
49	Johnnie Maier Jr.	Democratic	1990
50	William J. Healy	Democratic	1974
51	Dave Johnson	Republican	1978
52	Joseph Vukovich	Democratic	1976
53	Bob Hagan	Democratic	1986
54	John Bara	Democratic	1982
55	Joseph Koziura	Democratic	1984
56	Michael A. Fox	Republican	1974
57	Scott Nein	Republican	1990
58	June Lucas	Democratic	1986
59	Michael G. Verich	Democratic	1982
60	Dan Troy	Democratic	1982
61	Ray Sines	Republican
62	David Hartley	Democratic
63	Paul Jones	Democratic	1982
64	Frank Sawyer	Democratic	1982
65	Bob Doyle	Republican	1982
66	Sam Bateman Jr.	Republican
67	Marc Guthrie	Democratic	1982
68	Bob Netzley	Republican	1967
69	Cliff Skeen	Democratic	1976
70	Fred Deering	Democratic	1972
71	Ron Gerberry	Democratic	1974
72	Katherine Walsh	Democratic	1988
73	James Buchy	Republican
74	Bob Clark	Republican	1982
75	Joe Haines	Republican	1980
76	Eugene Byers	Republican	1986
77	Doug White	Republican	1990
78	Jon D. Myers	Republican	1990
79	Larry Manahan	Republican	1978
80	Lynn Wachtmann	Republican	1984
81	Jim Davis	Republican	1984
82	Jon Stozich	Republican
83	Ed Core	Republican
84	Corwin Nixon	Republican	1967
85	Dwight Wise	Democratic	1982
86	Randy Weston	Democratic	1990
87	Joan Lawrence	Republican	1982
88	Mike Shoemaker	Democratic	1982
89	Vern Riffe	Democratic	1967
90	Rick Rench	Republican
91	Paul Mechling	Democratic
92	Mark Malone	Democratic	1984
93	Ron Amstutz	Republican	1980
94	Mary Abel	Democratic	1989 (Appt.)
95	Michael McCullough	Democratic	1992 (Appt.)
96	Tom Johnson	Democratic	1976
97	Greg DiDonato	Democratic	1990
98	Jerry W. Krupinski	Democratic	1986
99	Jack Cera	Democratic	1982

Appt.- Member was appointed to current House Seat

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119th Ohio General Assembly

Contents

Major events

Vacancies

Appointments

Senate

Leadership

Majority leadership

Minority leadership

Members of the 119th Ohio Senate

House of Representatives

Leadership

Majority leadership

Minority leadership

Members of the 119th Ohio House of Representatives

See also

References