district state_senate succeeded birth_place party preceded state_house term birth_date article_title state name
28th 41st ohio marcus roberto bob nettle ohio , united states democratic dave headley david headley ohio january january 3 , 1973 -- december 31 , 1976 3 , 1977 -- december 31 , 1982 8 october 1928 kenneth cox
 ohio ohio ken cox
kenneth cox

kenneth r. cox is an ohio democratic politician and a former member of the ohio general assembly .
cox was serving as mayor of barberton , ohio when he opted to run for an open seat in the ohio house of representatives in 1972 .
he ended up being reelected in 1974 .
in 1976 , senator david headley announced his retirement , and cox won election to his ohio senate seat .
in 1982 , cox considered a run for ohio treasurer , and eventually entered the race .
however , he lost the primary nomination .
while defeated in the treasurer 's election , new ohio governor dick celeste announced soon after that he would appoint cox as the director for the department of public safety .
celeste again appointed cox as department of commerce director in 1985 .
two years later , he left state government to work as a private consultant .
he went on to return to his roots , running for barberton city council in 1993 and winning a seat , and has since advocated for his local communities .
