# 109th Ohio General Assembly

The One Hundred Ninth Ohio General Assembly was the legislative body of the state of Ohio in 1971 and 1972. 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 20 Republicans and 13 Democrats. In the House, there were 54 Republicans and 45 Democrats. It was the last General Assembly to use districts drawn after the 1966 apportionment.

## Major events
### Vacancies

* January 5, 1971: Senator Walter E. Powell (R-4th) resigns to take a seat in the United States House of Representatives.
* January 11, 1971: Senator William B. Nye (D-28th) resigns to take a seat in the cabinet of Governor John Gilligan.
* December 31, 1971: Senator James K. Leedy (R-19th) resigns.
* December 15, 1972: Senator Jerry O'Shaughnessy (D-15th) dies.

### Appointments

* January 5, 1971: Donald E. “Buz” Lukens is appointed to the 4th Senatorial District.
* January 12, 1972: Kenneth F. Berry is appointed to the 19th Senatorial District.
* January 13, 1971: John Poda is appointed to the 28th Senatorial District.
* January 1973: Robert O'Shaughnessy is appointed to the 15th District.

## Senate
### Leadership
#### Majority leadership

* President of the Senate: John W. Brown
* President pro tempore of the Senate: Theodore Gray
* Majority Whip:

#### Minority leadership

* Leader: Anthony Calabrese
* Assistant Leader: Oliver Ocasek

### Members of the 109th Ohio Senate

| District | Senator | Party | First elected |
| 1 | Howard C. Cook | Republican | 1966 |
| 2 | Tennyson Guyer | Republican | 1958 |
| 3 | Ted Gray | Republican | 1950 |
| 4 | Buz Lukens | Republican | 1971 (Appt.) |
| 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 | Robert O'Shaughnessy | Democratic | 1972 (Appt.) |
| 16 | Bob Shaw | Republican | 1952 |
| 17 | Harry Armstrong | Republican | 1966 |
| 18 | Oakley C. Collins | Republican | 1950 |
| 19 | Kenneth F. Berry | Republican | 1972 (Appt.) |
| 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 | Paul Matia | Republican | 1970 |
| 26 | William W. Taft | Republican | 1966 |
| 27 | Oliver Ocasek | Democratic | 1958 |
| 28 | John Poda | Democratic | 1971 (Appt.) |
| 29 | Ralph Regula | Republican | 1966 |
| 30 | Doug Applegate | Democratic | 1968 |
| 31 | Robert Stockdale | Republican | 1962 |
| 32 | Bishop Kilpatrick | Democratic | 1966 |
| 33 | Harry Meshel | Democratic | 1970 |

## House of Representatives
### Members of the 109th Ohio House of Representatives

| District | Representative | Party | First Elected |
| 1 | Fred Hadley | Republican | 1967 |
| 2 | Robert Wilhelm | Republican | 1967 |
| 3 | Jack P. Oliver | Republican | 1968 |
| 4 | Charles Kurfess | Republican | 1967 |
| 5 | Robert D. Schuck | Republican | 1968 |
| 6 | Walter White | Republican | 1967 |
| 7 | Bob Netzley | Republican | 1967 |
| 8 | Rodney Hughes | Republican | 1967 |
| 9 | Charles Fry | Republican | 1967 |
| 10 | John Scott | Republican | 1968 |
| 11 | Corwin Nixon | Republican | 1967 |
| 12 | Bill Mussey | Republican | 1967 |
| 13 | Howard Knight | Republican | 1967 |
| 14 | Ethel Swanbeck | Republican | 1967 |
| 15 | Paul Pfeifer | Republican | 1970 |
| 16 | Lloyd Kerns | Republican | 1967 |
| 17 | Richard Christiansen | Democratic | 1967 |
| 18 | Kenneth Creasy | Republican | 1967 |
| 19 | Raymond Luther | Republican | 1970 |
| 20 | Joseph Hiestand | Republican | 1967 |
| 21 | Myrl Shoemaker | Democratic | 1967 |
| 22 | Vern Riffe | Democratic | 1967 |
| 23 | William G. Batchelder | Republican | 1968 |
| 24 | John Johnson | Democratic | 1970 |
| 25 | Don Maddux | Democratic | 1968 |
| 26 | Carlton Davidson | Republican | 1967 |
| 27 | Ralph Welker | Republican | 1967 |
| 28 | David Weissert | Republican | 1967 |
| 29 | Sam Speck | Republican | 1970 |
| 30 | A.G. Lancione | Democratic | 1967 |
| 31 | John Baker | Republican | 1968 |
| 32 | William Hinig | Democratic | 1967 |
| 33 | Arthur Bowers | Democratic | 1968 |
| 34 | John Wargo | Democratic | 1970 |
| 35 | Marcus Roberto | Democratic | 1970 |
| 36 | James Mueller | Democratic | 1970 |
| 37 | Joe Tulley | Republican | 1967 |
| 38 | E. W. Lampson | Republican | 1967 |
| 39 | David Armbruster | Democratic | 1970 |
| 40 | Tom Kindness | Republican | 1970 |
| 41 | Ike Thompson | Democratic | 1970 |
| 42 | Larry Smith | Democratic | 1967 |
| 43 | Anthony Russo | Democratic | 1967 |
| 44 | John Thompson | Democratic | 1970 |
| 45 | Robert Jaskulski | Democratic | 1970 |
| 46 | Troy Lee James | Democratic | 1967 |
| 47 | Patrick Sweeney | Democratic | 1967 |
| 48 | Jim Flannery | Democratic | 1967 |
| 49 | Richard Celeste | Democratic | 1970 |
| 50 | James Celebrezze | Democratic | 1967 |
| 51 | Donna Pope | Republican | 1972 (Appt.) |
| 52 | George Mastics | Republican | 1967 |
| 53 | Edward Ryder | Republican | 1971 (Appt.) |
| 54 | John Sweeney | Democratic | 1970 |
| 55 | Leonard Ostrovsky | Democratic | 1968 |
| 56 | Harry Lehman | Democratic | 1970 |
| 57 | Walter Rutkowski | Democratic | 1968 |
| 58 | Larry Hughes | Republican | 1968 |
| 59 | Alan Norris | Republican | 1966 |
| 60 | James Baumann | Democratic | 1970 |
| 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 | James Rankin | Democratic | 1970 |
| 70 | Norman Murdock | Republican | 1966 |
| 71 | Gordon M. 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 | Tom Fries | Democratic | 1970 |
| 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 | Ronald Weyandt | Democratic | 1971 (Appt.) |
| 98 | Bob Nader | Democratic | 1970 |
| 99 | Michael Del Bane | Democratic | 1968 |
Appt.- Member was appointed to current House Seat