Robert Elmer "Bob" Netzley (December 7, 1922 – July 28, 2010) was Ohio's 2nd longest tenured legislator, serving in the

Ohio House of Representatives The Ohio House of Representatives is the lower house of the Ohio General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio; the other house of the bicameral legislature being the Ohio Senate. The House of Representatives first met in Ch ...

for forty years, retiring in 2000 when he was term-limited. His district consisted of a portion of

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. He was succeeded by Diana Fessler. Netzley was a graduate of

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where he was initiated as a member of

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. The portion of State Route 571 within Miami County is designated "Robert E. Netzley Highway" in his honor.

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*https://web.archive.org/web/20110721164855/http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/editorials/stories/2009/06/28/halcol28.ART_ART_06-28-09_G5_JKEA8EH.html?sid=101 1922 births 2010 deaths Republican Party members of the Ohio House of Representatives Miami University alumni {{Ohio-politician-stub