124th Ohio General Assembly

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=

class="wikitable sortable"

! District

! Senator

! Party

! First elected

| Lynn Wachtmann

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1998

| Randy Gardner

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| David Goodman

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2001 (Appt.)

| Scott Nein

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1995 (Appt.)

| Tom Roberts

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2002 (Appt.)

| Jeff Jacobson

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Richard Finan

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1978 (Appt.)

| Lou Blessing

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1996

| Mark Mallory

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1998

| Steve Austria

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Linda J. Furney

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1986

| Jim Jordan

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Jeff Armbruster

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1998

| Doug White

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1996 (Appt.)

| Ben Espy

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1992 (Appt.)

| Priscilla D. Mead

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Michael Shoemaker

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1997 (Appt.)

| Robert A. Gardner

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1996

| Bill Harris

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000 (Appt.)

| James E. Carnes

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1995 (Appt.)

| C.J. Prentiss

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1998

| Ron Amstutz

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Dan Brady

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1998

| Robert Spada

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1999 (Appt.)

| Eric Fingerhut

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1998

| Larry Mumper

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1997 (Appt.)

| Kevin Coughlin

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2001 (Appt.)

| Leigh Herington

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1995 (Appt.)

| Scott Oelslager

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1985 (Appt.)

| Gregory L. DiDonato

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1996

| Jay Hottinger

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1998 (Appt.)

| Tim Ryan

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2000

| Bob Hagan

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | 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=

class="wikitable sortable"

! District

! Representative

! Party

! First Elected

| John R. Willamowski

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1997 (Appt.)

| Tom Raga

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Chuck Blasdel

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Bob Latta

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| George Distel

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1999 (Appt.)

| Tim Schaffer

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Jim Carmichael

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Shirley Smith

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1998

| Claudette Woodard

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2000

| Annie L. Key

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2000

| Lance Mason

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2002 (Appt.)

| Michael DeBose

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2002 (Appt.)

| Mary Rose Oakar

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2000

| Ed Jerse

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1995 (Appt.)

| Jim Trakas

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1998

| Sally Conway Kilbane

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1998

| Bryan Flannery

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1998

| Erin Sullivan

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1998 (Appt.)

| Dale Miller

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1996

| Dean DePiero

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1998

| Joyce Beatty

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1999 (Appt.)

| Ray Miller

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1998

| Amy Salerno

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1994

| Larry L. Flowers

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Jim McGregor

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2001 (Appt.)

| Linda Reidelbach

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Jim Hughes

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000 (Appt.)

| Geoffrey C. Smith

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1998

| Larry Wolpert

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| Samuel T. Britton

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1994

| Catherine L. Barrett

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1998

| Wayne Coates

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2000

| Steve Driehaus

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2000

| Bill Seitz

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Patricia Clancy

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1996

| Michelle G. Schneider

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Tom Brinkman Jr.

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Dixie Allen

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1998 (Appt.)

| Fred Strahorn

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2000

| Arlene Setzer

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Jon Husted

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| John White

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Diana Fessler

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Barbara Sykes

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2000

| Bryan C. Williams

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1996

| John Widowfield

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2001 (Appt.)

| Robert J. Otterman

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2000

| Twyla Roman

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1994

| Edna Brown

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2002 (Appt.)

| Jeanine Perry

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1998

| Lynn Olman

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1995 (Appt.)

| Teresa Fedor

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2000

| Chris Redfern

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1999 (Appt.)

| Mary Cirelli

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2000

| Kirk Schuring

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1994

| John Hagan

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| John Boccieri

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2000

| Gary Cates

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1995 (Appt.)

| Greg Jolivette

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1997 (Appt.)

| Shawn Webster

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Joseph Koziura

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2001 (Appt.)

| Jeffrey Manning

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| J. Tom Lendrum

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Sylvester Patton

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1997 (Appt.)

| Kenneth Carano

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2000

| Daniel Sferra

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2000

| Anthony Latell Jr.

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2000

| Tim Grendell

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Ron Young

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| Jamie Callender

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1996

| | Jean Schmidt

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Tom Niehaus

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Ron Rhine

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| Merle G. Kearns

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Ann H. Womer Benjamin

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1994

| Kevin DeWine

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| David R. Evans

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1998 (Appt.)

| Larry Householder

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1996

| William J. Hartnett

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1998 (Appt.)

| Jon Peterson

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Chuck Calvert

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| Steve Buehrer

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1998

| Jim Hoops

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1998

| Keith Faber

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Derrick Seaver

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Mike Gilb

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Tony Core

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1999 (Appt.)

| Dennis Stapleton

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1996 (Appt.)

| Rex Damschroder

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1994

| Steve Reinhard

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000

| Joseph P. Sulzer

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1997 (Appt.)

| William L. Ogg

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1994

| Thom Collier

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 2000 (Appt.)

| John Carey

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1994

| Jim Aslanides

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1999 (Appt.)

| Nancy P. Hollister

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1999 (Appt.)

| Kerry R. Metzger

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1994

| Eileen Krupinski

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 2000

| Charlie Wilson

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1996

Appt.- Member was appointed to current House Seat

References

[http://www.house.state.oh.us/ Ohio House of Representatives], official website
[https://web.archive.org/web/20100929191251/https://www.votesmart.org/official_state_legislator.php?type=office&state_id=OH&criteria=lower Project Vote Smart – State House of Ohio]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20101116232630/http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/upload/elections/maps/OEhouseDist.pdf Map of Ohio House Districts]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20110110021750/http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/upload/publications/election/DistMaps.pdf Ohio District Maps 2002–2012]
[http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/elections/Research/electResultsMain/2000ElectionsResults/OHHouseReps11072000.aspx Ohio House of Representatives: November 7, 2000] Ohio Secretary of State
[http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/elections/Research/electResultsMain/2000ElectionsResults/OHSenate11072000.aspx Ohio Senate: November 7, 2000] Ohio Secretary of State

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