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.

Vacancies
December 2, 1983: Senator Sam Speck (R-20th) resigns. March 11, 1983: Representative Pete Crossland (D-42nd) resigns. July 19, 1983: Representative Arthur Wilkowski (D-46th) resigns. March 6, 1984: Senator Tom Fries (D-6th) resigns May 17, 1984: Senator Morris Jackson (D-21st) resigns. May 20, 1984: Senator Ben Skall (R-22nd) resigns. May 22, 1984: Representative Jim Petro (R-6th) 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.

Majority leadership

 * President of the Senate: Harry Meshel
 * President pro tempore of the Senate: Neal Zimmers
 * Assistant pro tempore: Charles Butts
 * Whip: Marigene Valiquette

Minority leadership

 * Leader Minority of Ohio State Senate: Paul Gillmor
 * Vice-Leader Minority of Ohio State Senate: Stanley Aronoff
 * Assistant Vice-Leader Minority of Ohio State Senate: Sam Speck
 * Second Assistant Vice-Leader Minority of Ohio State Senate: Paul Pfeifer

Majority leadership

 * Speaker of the House: Vern Riffe
 * President pro tempore of the Senate: Barney Quilter
 * Floor Leader: Bill Mallory
 * Assistant Majority Floor Leader: Vernon Cook
 * Majority Whip: Mary Boyle

Minority leadership

 * Leader: Corwin Nixon
 * Assistant Leader: Waldo Rose
 * Whip: Dave Johnson

Members of the 115th Ohio House of Representatives
Appt.- Member was appointed to current House Seat