108th Ohio General Assembly

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The One Hundred Eighth Ohio General Assembly was the legislative body of the state of Ohio in 1969 and 1970. 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 63 Republicans and 36 Democrats. It was the second General Assembly to use districts drawn after the 1966 apportionment.

Major events[edit]

Vacancies[edit]

  • January 13, 1969: Senator Frank W. King (D-11th) resigns.
  • January 30, 1969: Senator Harry V. Jump (R-13th) resigns.
  • February 9, 1970: Senator Calvin Johnson (D-9th) resigns.

Appointments[edit]

  • January 14, 1969: Marigene Valiquette is appointed to the 11th Senatorial District.
  • February 5, 1969: Robert J. Corts is appointed to the 13th Senatorial District.
  • February 11, 1970: Bill Bowen is appointed to the 9th Senatorial District.

Senate[edit]

Leadership[edit]

Majority leadership[edit]

Minority leadership[edit]

Members of the 108th Senate[edit]

District Senator Party First elected
1 Howard C. Cook Republican 1966
2 Tennyson Guyer Republican 1958
3 Ted Gray Republican 1950
4 Walter E. Powell Republican 1966
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 John W. Bowen Republican 1966
16 Robert Shaw Republican 1952
17 Harry Armstrong Republican 1966
18 Oakley C. Collins Republican 1950
19 James K. Leedy Republican 1966
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 John Weeks Republican 1966
26 William W. Taft Republican 1966
27 Oliver Ocasek Democratic 1958
28 William B. Nye Democratic 1966
29 Ralph Regula Republican 1966
30 Doug Applegate Democratic 1968
31 Robert Stockdale Republican 1962
32 Bishop Kilpatrick Democratic 1966
33 Charles J. Carney Democratic 1950

House of Representatives[edit]

Leadership[edit]

Majority[edit]

Minority[edit]

Members of the 108th House of Representatives[edit]

District Representative Party First Elected
1 Fred Hadley Republican 1964
2 Robert Wilhelm Republican 1964
3 Jack P. Oliver Republican 1968
4 Charles Kurfess Republican 1956
5 Robert D. Schuck Republican 1968
6 Walter White Republican 1956
7 Bob Netzley Republican 1960
8 Rodney Hughes Republican 1966
9 Charles Fry Republican 1964
10 John Scott Republican 1968
11 Corwin Nixon Republican 1962
12 Bill Mussey Republican 1966
13 Howard Knight Republican 1962
14 Ethel Swanbeck Republican 1954
15 Robert Carpenter Republican 1962
16 Lloyd Kerns Republican 1960
17 Richard Christiansen Democratic 1960
18 Kenneth Creasy Republican 1958
19 John McDonald Democratic 1964
20 Joseph Hiestand Republican 1964
21 Myrl Shoemaker Democratic 1958
22 Vern Riffe Democratic 1958
23 William G. Batchelder Republican 1968
24 Ralph E. Fisher Republican 1948
25 Don Maddux Democratic 1968
26 Carlton Davidson Republican 1960
27 Ralph Welker Republican 1964
28 David Weissert Republican 1960
29 Don Goddard Republican 1964
30 A.G. Lancione Democratic 1946
31 John Baker Republican 1968
32 William Hinig Democratic 1964
33 Arthur Bowers Democratic 1968
34 Clarence Wetzel Republican 1948
35 Anice Johnson Republican 1968
36 James I. Hunt Republican 1968
37 Joe Tulley Republican 1966
38 E. W. Lampson Republican 1962
39 Barry Levey Republican 1962
40 Thomas Rentschler Republican 1966
41 Tom Hill Democratic 1966
42 Larry Smith Democratic 1966
43 Anthony Russo Democratic 1964
44 Phillip DeLaine Democratic 1968 (Appt.)
45 Donald Nowack Democratic 1966
46 Troy Lee James Democratic 1966
47 Patrick Sweeney Democratic 1966
48 Jim Flannery Democratic 1966
49 Mark C. Schinnerer Republican 1966
50 James P. Celebrezze Democratic 64
51 Gertrude Polcar Republican 1968
52 George Mastics Republican 1966
53 George Voinovich Republican 1966
54 Allen J. Bartunek Republican 1966
55 Leonard Ostrovsky Democratic 1968
56 Richard Hollington Republican 1966
57 Walter Rutkowski Democratic 1968
58 Larry Hughes Republican 1968
59 Alan Norris Republican 1966
60 Roger Tracy Republican 1966
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 Ed Burden Democratic 1970 (Appt.)
70 Norman Murdock Republican 1966
71 Gordon H. 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 James Pippenger Democratic 1970 (Appt.)
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 John Poda Democratic 1966
98 Larry Nord Republican 1968
99 Michael Del Bane Democratic 1968

Appt.- Member was appointed to current House Seat

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