124th Ohio General Assembly

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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[]

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[]

Members of the 124th Ohio Senate[]

District Senator Party First elected
1 Lynn Wachtmann [1] Republican 1998
2 Randy Gardner [2] Republican 2000
3 David Goodman [3] Republican 2001 (Appt.)
4 Scott Nein [4] Republican 1995 (Appt.)
5 Tom Roberts Democratic 2002 (Appt.)
6 Jeff Jacobson [5] Republican 2000
7 Richard Finan [6] Republican 1978 (Appt.)
8 Lou Blessing [7] Republican 1996
9 Mark Mallory [8] Democratic 1998
10 Steve Austria [9] Republican 2000
11 Linda J. Furney [10] Democratic 1986
12 Jim Jordan [11] Republican 2000
13 Jeff Armbruster [12] Republican 1998
14 Doug White [13] Republican 1996 (Appt.)
15 Ben Espy [14] Democratic 1992 (Appt.)
16 Priscilla D. Mead [15] Republican 2000
17 Michael Shoemaker [16] Democratic 1997 (Appt.)
18 Robert A. Gardner [17] Republican 1996
19 Bill Harris [18] Republican 2000 (Appt.)
20 James E. Carnes [19] Republican 1995 (Appt.)
21 C.J. Prentiss [20] Democratic 1998
22 Ron Amstutz [21] Republican 2000
23 Dan Brady [22] Democratic 1998
24 Robert Spada [23] Republican 1999 (Appt.)
25 Eric Fingerhut [24] Democratic 1998
26 Larry Mumper [25] Republican 1997 (Appt.)
27 Kevin Coughlin [26] Republican 2001 (Appt.)
28 Leigh Herington [27] Democratic 1995 (Appt.)
29 Scott Oelslager [28] Republican 1985 (Appt.)
30 Gregory L. DiDonato [29] Democratic 1996
31 Jay Hottinger [30] Republican 1998 (Appt.)
32 Tim Ryan [31] Democratic 2000
33 Bob Hagan [32] Democratic 1997 (Appt.)

House of Representatives[]

Leadership[]

Majority leadership[]

Minority leadership[]

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 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 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 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

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