Joseph E. Haines (September 23, 1923 – January 5, 2015) was an American politician. Haines served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1981 to 1999 as a Republican. In 1999, Haines resigned from the

Ohio General Assembly The Ohio General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio. It consists of the 99-member Ohio House of Representatives and the 33-member Ohio Senate. Both houses of the General Assembly meet at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus ...

to take a job in the Ohio Department of Agriculture. Born in

Xenia, Ohio Xenia ( ) is a city in southwestern Ohio and the county seat of Greene County, Ohio, United States. It is east of Dayton and is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area, as well as the Miami Valley region. The name comes from the Greek l ...

, Haines received his bachelor's degree in

rural economy Rural economics is the study of rural economies. Rural economies include both agricultural and non-agricultural industries, so rural economics has broader concerns than agricultural economics which focus more on food systems. Rural developmen ...

and farm management from

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and was a farmer. He died in 2015 in Xenia, Ohio.Obituary
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1923 births 2015 deaths Politicians from Xenia, Ohio Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences alumni Farmers from Ohio Republican Party members of the Ohio House of Representatives {{Ohio-OHRepresentative-stub