John Paul Stozich (1927–2004) was a member of 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 ...

. His district consisted of an area circled around

Findlay, Ohio Findlay ( ) is a city in Hancock County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. The second-largest city in Northwest Ohio, Findlay lies about 40 miles (64 km) south of Toledo, Ohio, Toledo. Its population was 40,313 at the 2020 United Sta ...

. He was succeeded by Chuck Brading. In the House, he served as chair of the Health and Retirement Committee. He also served as mayor of

. Stozich pleaded no contest to vehicular manslaughter after he ran a stop sign in January 2004 and killed a 35-year-old mother of four.

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1927 births Republican Party members of the Ohio House of Representatives 2004 deaths People from Mingo Junction, Ohio Mayors of places in Ohio People from Findlay, Ohio 20th-century members of the Ohio General Assembly {{Ohio-politician-stub