115th Ohio General Assembly


The One Hundred Fifteenth Ohio General Assembly was the legislative body of the state of Ohio in 1983 and 1984. In this General Assembly, both the Ohio Senate and the Ohio House of Representatives were controlled by the Democratic Party. In the Senate, there were 17 Democrats and 16 Republicans. In the House, there were 62 Democrats and 37 Republicans. It was the first General Assembly to use redistricted legislative districts from the 1980 United States Census.

Major events

Vacancies

December 2, 1983: Senator Sam Speck resigns.
March 11, 1983: Representative Pete Crossland resigns.
July 19, 1983: Representative Arthur Wilkowski resigns.
March 6, 1984: Senator Tom Fries resigns
May 17, 1984: Senator Morris Jackson resigns.
May 20, 1984: Senator Ben Skall resigns.
May 22, 1984: Representative Jim Petro resigns.

Appointments

March 16, 1983: Vernon Sykes is appointed to the 42nd House District.
November 30, 1983: Don Czarcinski is appointed to the 46th House District.
January 10, 1984: Bob Ney is appointed to the 20th Senatorial District.
March 6, 1984: Tom Talbott is appointed to the 6th Senatorial District.
May 17, 1984: Michael R. White is appointed to the 21st Senatorial District.
May 20, 1984: Grace L. Drake is appointed to the 22nd Senatorial District.
May 23, 1984: Jeff Jacobs is appointed to the 6th House District.

Senate

Leadership

Majority leadership

House of Representatives

Leadership

Majority leadership

Appt.- Member was appointed to current House Seat