The One Hundred Twelfth Ohio General Assembly was the legislative body of the state of Ohio in 1977 and 1978. In this General Assembly, the
Ohio Senate
The Ohio Senate is the upper house of the Ohio General Assembly. The State Senate, which meets in the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, first convened in 1803. Senators are elected for four year terms, staggered every two years such that half of the se ...
and Ohio House of Representatives were controlled by the
Democratic Party. In the Senate, there were 21 Democrats and 12
Republicans
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
. In the House, there were 66 Democrats and 33 Republicans. It used redistricted legislative districts based on the
1970 Census. Democrats controlled the Ohio House of Representatives from January 1, 1973, through December 31, 1994, under Ohio's longest serving House Speaker, Vernal G. Riffe, (D., Scioto County).
Major events
Vacancies
*January 3, 1977: Senator Don Pease (D-13th) resigns to take a seat in the United States House of Representatives.
*January 3, 1978: Representative Irene Smart (D-49th) resigns.
*August 14, 1978: Senator Michael Maloney (R-7th) resigns.
*June 28, 1978: Representative James W. Rankin (D-25th) dies.
*September 14, 1978: Representative Richard Finan (R-19th) resigns to take a seat in the Ohio Senate.
Appointments
*January 3, 1977: Ronald Nabakowski is appointed to the 13th Senatorial District due to the resignation of Don Pease.
*January 3, 1978: Robert Regula is appointed to the 49th House District due to the resignation of Irene Smart.
*September 14, 1978: Richard Finan is appointed to the 7th Senatorial District due to the resignation of Michael Maloney.
*September 14, 1978: Helen Rankin is appointed to the 25th House District due to the death of James W. Rankin.
*September 14, 1978: Dale Van Vyven is appointed to the 18th House District due to the resignation of Richard Finan.
Senate
Leadership
Majority leadership
* President of the Senate:
Richard Celeste
Richard Frank Celeste (born November 11, 1937) is an American former diplomat, university administrator and politician from Ohio. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 64th governor of Ohio from 1983 to 1991.
Early life and career ...
* President pro tempore of the Senate:
Oliver Ocasek
Oliver Robert Ocasek (November 2, 1925 – June 25, 1999) was an American politician of the Democratic party who served as President of the Ohio State Senate in the 1970s and 1980s. After the Democrats lost their majority in the Senate, Ocasek wa ...
* Assistant pro tempore:
Morris Jackson
M. Morrison Jackson (April 1, 1918 – December 12, 2004) was a member of the Ohio Senate.
A native of Cleveland, Jackson served in the state Senate from 1967 to 1984. The most senior African American Senator at his time, he held a number of le ...
Minority leadership
* Leader:
Michael Maloney
Michael Maloney (born 19 June 1957) is an English actor.
Life and career
Born in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, Maloney's first television appearance was as Peter Barkworth's teenage son in the 1979 drama series ''Telford's Change''.
He made his ...
* Assistant Leader:
Paul Gillmor
Paul Eugene Gillmor (February 1, 1939 – September 5, 2007) was an American politician of the Republican Party who served as the U.S. representative from the 5th congressional district of Ohio from 1989 until his death in 2007.
Early life, ...
* Whip:
Tom Van Meter
Thomas A. Van Meter (April 22, 1943 – March 7, 1992) was a member of the Ohio General Assembly. He served in the Ohio Senate from 1973 to 1982, representing the 19th District. He also ran for the Republican nomination for governor in 1978, ev ...
Members of the 112th Ohio Senate
House of Representatives
Leadership
Majority leadership
* Speaker of the House:
Vern Riffe
* President pro tempore of the Senate:
Barney Quilter
James Barney Quilter (April 9, 1919 – August 15, 2005) was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives.
Early life
Quilter was born in 1919 to James and Helen Marie Quilter and he grew up in East Toledo. He served in the 167th Combat Engi ...
* Floor Leader:
Bill Mallory
* Majority Whip:
Tom Fries
Thomas Louis Fries (born September 28, 1942) is Democratic politician who formerly served in the Ohio General Assembly. From Dayton, Ohio, Fries is a former Minor League Baseball player, and played for the Washington Senators and the Minnesota ...
Minority leadership
* Leader:
Charles F. Kurfess
* Assistant Leader:
Norman Murdock
Norman Anthony Murdock (November 6, 1931 – September 11, 2010) was a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives and Common Pleas Judge.
References
Members of the Ohio House of Representatives
1931 births
2010 deaths
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* Whip:
Alan Norris
Members of the 112th Ohio House of Representatives
Appt.- Member was appointed to current House Seat
See also
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List of Ohio state legislatures
The Ohio General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio, has convened many times since statehood became effective on March 1, 1803.
Legislatures
See also
* List of speakers of the Ohio House of Representatives
* Representative ...
References
Ohio House of Representativesofficial website
Project Vote Smart – State House of OhioMap of Ohio House Districts
Ohio District Maps 2002–20122006 election results from Ohio Secretary of State
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Ohio legislative sessions
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