district succeeded party preceded state_house term article_title state name
32nd dean conley democratic roger tracy ohio january 3 , 1971-december 31 , 1978 james baumann
 ohio james baumann
james baumann

james l. baumann is a former member of the ohio house of representatives .
james leroy joseph baumann , ba , was born may 2 , 1931 in columbus , oh .
he retired at the age of 70 after 25 years in the plumbing and heating business , 32 years as a real estate broker , and 25 years in public service : the united states army , 1954 -- 56 ; columbus city council , 1965 -- 69 ; state government -lrb- four terms in the ohio house of representatives , 1970 -- 78 and two terms on the ohio environmental board of review 1979-1990 . -rrb-
after leaving public service he was a consultant and real property manager for a one hundred sixty unit family restaurant chain , donatos pizza , gahanna , oh until 2001 .
he received his elementary education at saint leo 's grade school in columbus , oh , his secondary education at saint charles preparatory school and an undergraduate degree at the college of saint charles borromeo seminary in bexley , oh .
his degree was in philosophy with a minor in education .
he was accepted for graduate school at mount saint mary 's seminary in cincinnati , oh and notre dame law school but decided to change his career path and joined his father and brother in the family plumbing business .
he volunteered for the united states army .
after basic and advanced armored training , he was pulled from the roster -lrb- pipeline -rrb- .
he served the balance of his enlistment at headquarters company , fort knox , ky. , where he managed the post catholic religious programs .
while in the service , he married e. ann dougherty , rn -lrb- deceased 1987 -rrb- .
they have six children , h.matthew , margaret , james e. , david , lisa and stephen .
in 1991 mr. baumann married jane burns dewitt , a columbus high school teacher , who has two children sue eubanks and michael dewitt .
there are twenty-three grandchildren .
jim baumann , upon leaving the army , joined with his late father , herman e. baumann , and his brother , richard l. baumann , and formed baumann bros plumbing and hydronic co.inc .
in 1963 they developed a seven acre apartment rental complex .
jim divested his share of the plumbing company in 1977 .
during his career he tested for and received a journeyman and a master plumbing license , an hydronic contractors license and a real estate broker 's license .
aside from his religious work in the army he served as a member of the central ohio catholic social service agency .
as chairman -lrb- two years -rrb- he guided through the resolution to make the agency independent from the columbus diocese .
he also served on the building committee for the new parish of our lady of the miraculous medal .
he is a life time member of the knights of columbus , an organization he joined at the age of 21 .
he is member of the catholic order of foresters and the church our lady of mt carmel , buckeye lake , oh and attends st. williams catholic church of naples , fl .
jim was a member and officer in the columbus southside business men 's association .
he was the first president of the associated plumbing and hydronic contractors of central ohio .
after two years as president he requested the board hire an executive officer .
while in office with the plumbers association he co-wrote a modernized revision to the columbus , oh plumbing code .
this was introduced as an ordinance and passed into law by the city council .
he was along time member of sertoma international .
he served several terms on the columbus junior theatre board and the southside ymca board and is a life member of the american legion # 144 , amvets # 51 and the buckeye lake historical society .
a boater , he is a forty plus year member of the buckeye lake yacht club .
while in public service mr. baumann wrote and introduced into law a number of ordinances and state statutes .
on city council he was effective in supporting the controversial route of the olentangy freeway .
he introduced and secured passage of an ordinance establishing the water and sewer rate advisory board , effectively keeping the sewer and water facilities off the real estate tax base .
in the legislature he sponsored the bill to make mail-in for auto license registration available to all citizens .
this meant the long lines were gone and was the most significant change the ohio citizens -lrb- auto owners -rrb- had seen in many years .
he also sponsored the boiler safety bill which was the product of the task force formed after children were killed by a malfunctioning boiler in marrieta , oh .
he served as chairman of the columbus city council service committee , the ohio state boiler safety task force , the ohio house reference committee , the ohio retirement study commission and the ohio environmental board of review -lrb- now the ohio environmental appeals board -rrb- .
