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Ladies' Gallery
Barbara Sears was appointed to the Ohio House of Representatives in January 2008 and elected the following November. Prior to joining the Ohio House, Sears served from 1998 to 200 ...
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Ladies' Gallery
Barbara Sykes, of Akron, served two consecutive terms in the Ohio House of Representatives beginning in 2000. She was also elected to a two-year term as president of the Ohio Legi ...
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George Washington Williams Room
State Rep. Barbara Sykes (D-Akron) has dedicated her life to fighting for the rights of all Ohioans. She is a strong advocate for working families and for the rights of women and ...
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Photos
Located in the Statehouse on the second floor in the Senate Chamber
Thomas Bateman served as the clerk of the Ohio Senate for 52 years; he was known as a by-the-book parli ...
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Photos
Located on the ground floor of the Statehouse in the North Light Court
This tablet is dedicated to Marysville, Ohio, native Major General Robert S. Beightler, who had an e ...
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County Flags
The county seal appears on a light blue burgee, which is considered to be the first Ohio county flag that is the same shape as the Ohio flag. The Belmont County seal was designed ...
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George Washington Williams Room
Ben Espy graduated in 1961 from Sandusky High School, where he played football and ran track. He received a BA in political science from The Ohio State University in 1965, where h ...
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Ohio Presidents
Born and raised on the family farm in North Bend, Ohio, Harrison was the grandson of President William Henry Harrison, also of North Bend. They are the only grandfather-grandson d ...
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George Washington Williams Room
Born in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, in 1838, Benjamin Arnett was the grandson of Samuel and Mary Louise Arnett. Young Arnett's racial and ethnic heritage made him half African Amer ...
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Ladies' Gallery
Rep. Kent was born and raised in East Chicago, Indiana, a steel mill union city. Her parents, like many African Americans of the time, migrated from the South for better opportuni ...
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