The One Hundred Thirteenth Ohio General Assembly was the legislative body of the state of Ohio in the years 1979 and 1980. In this General Assembly, both 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 the
Ohio House of Representatives were controlled by the
Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to:
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. In the Senate, there were 18 Democrats and 15
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.
Major Events
Vacancies
*January 1, 1979: Senator Tony Hall (D-6th) resigns to take a seat in the United States House of Representatives.
*March 30, 1979: Senator Bill Mussey (R-14th) resigns.
*June 26, 1979: Senator Walter White (R-12th) resigns.
*July 17, 1979: Senator Ferald Ritchie (R-12th) resigns.
*March 6, 1980: Representative Bill O'Neil (R-28th) resigns.
*April 24, 1979: Representative
Irma Karmol (R-44th) dies in a car accident
*April 22, 1980: Representative Phale Hale (D-31st) resigns.
Appointments
*January 9, 1979: Chuck Curran is appointed to the 6th Senatorial District due to the resignation of Tony Hall.
*April 3, 1979: Cooper Snyder is appointed to the 14th Senatorial District due to the resignation of Bill Mussey.
*June 29, 1979: Ferald Ritchie is appointed to the 12th Senatorial District due to the resignation of Walter White.
*July 17, 1979: Richard Ditto is appointed to the 12th Senatorial District due to the resignation of Ferald Ritchie.
*May 15, 1979: David Karmol is appointed to the 44th House District due to the death of Irma Karmol.
*March 11, 1980: Dana Deshler is appointed to the 28th House District due to the resignation of Bill O'Neil.
*April 22, 1980: Otto Beatty Jr. is appointed to the 31st House District due to the resignation of Phale Hale.
Senate
Leadership
Majority leadership
* President 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 ...
* President pro tempore of the Senate:
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 ...
* Assistant pro tempore:
Harry Meshel
Minority leadership
* Leader:
Paul Gillmor
* Assistant Leader:
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
The Ohio Senate is the upper house of the Ohio General Assembly. The State Senate, which meets in the Ohio Statehouse ...
* Whip:
Stanley Aronoff
Stanley J. Aronoff (born June 8, 1932) is an American politician of the Republican party who served for a time as president of the Ohio Senate. Aronoff was raised in a Jewish family in the North Avondale neighborhood of Cincinnati and attended h ...
Members of the 113th 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
* Assistant Majority Floor Leader:
Vernon Cook
Vernon Floyd Cook (July 10, 1927 – November 23, 1987) is a former member of the Ohio House of Representatives. and former faculty member of the University of Akron Political Science Department.
Cook was the first Director of the Ray C. Bliss ...
* Majority Whip:
Francine Panehal
Francine Mary Panehal (October 10, 1925 – March 1, 2002) was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives.http://ohioladiesgallery.org/PublicOfficial.aspx?personId=108198 profile on the Ohio Ladies' Gallery website She served as state house m ...
Minority leadership
* Leader:
Corwin Nixon
Corwin M. Nixon (March 5, 1913 – November 6, 2003) was an American politician.
Political life
Born one mile south of Red Lion, Ohio,Corwin Nixon "A Life of Service" by Patricia M. George p. 6 Nixon was best known as an Ohio politician from Le ...
* Assistant Leader:
William G. Batchelder
William G. Batchelder III (December 19, 1942 – February 12, 2022) was an American politician who was the 101st Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives, serving from 2011 to 2014. He also represented the 69th District of the Ohio House o ...
* Whip:
Donna Pope
Donna Pope (October 15, 1931 – June 23, 2023) was an American politician and civil servant who served as the Director of the United States Mint, appointed by President Ronald Reagan.
Career
Pope served as a member of the Ohio House of Represe ...
Members of the 113th 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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