district succeeded birth_place party term_end preceded state_house birth_date term_start article_title state name
4th robert brown wood county , ohio republican december 31 , 1978 '' districts created '' ohio 1 february 1930 january 3 , 1957 charles kurfess
 ohio charles f. kurfess
charles kurfess

charles frederick kurfess -lrb- born february 1 , 1930 -rrb- is a former member of the ohio house of representatives , serving as speaker of the house for part of his career .
he was first elected in 1956 to an at large district , and was elected eleven times following .
following his retirement from politics , he went on to serve as a judge on the wood county court of common pleas .
he also worked under presidents richard nixon and gerald ford .
he earned his b.a. degree from bowling green state university where he was initiated as a member of phi kappa tau and earned his j.d. degree from the ohio state university law school .
