Judith B. Sheerer (November 17, 1940 – January 4, 2016) was a member of the

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, serving in both the

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and the

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from 1983 to 1998. She was originally elected to the Ohio House in 1983, succeeding

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. By her fifth term, Sheerer was serving as majority whip of the House. In 1992, when Senator

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was elected to the

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, Senate Democrats appointed Sheerer to his vacant seat. Reelected to her own term in 1994, she opted to not run again in 1998, and was succeeded by her predecessor,

. She then served as a member of the Ohio Elections Commission. Sheerer died from complications of dementia in 2016.

External links

Profile on the Ohio Ladies' Gallery website

References

1940 births 2016 deaths Democratic Party Ohio state senators Women state legislators in Ohio 20th-century American women politicians 21st-century American women 20th-century members of the Ohio General Assembly {{Ohio-OHSenate-stub