Bob Schuler

Robert Schuler was a Republican Party|Republican] politician who formerly served in the Ohio General Assembly. Schuler first entered politics in the late 1970s as a member of the Deer Park City Council and also spent four years as a Sycamore [Township, Hamilton County, Ohio|Sycamore Township trustee] from 1988 to 1992. Initially running for the Ohio [House of Representatives] in 1992, he went on to win reelection in 1994, 1996, and 1998. With term limits in effect, Schuler was ineligible to run for a fifth term in 2000, and was succeeded by Michelle G. Schneider.
Although term-limited from the House, Schuler soon returned to the legislature as a member of the Ohio Senate. With Richard Finan term-limited in 2002, Schuler sought his seat. He went on to win, and was reelected in 2006.
In his memoir Hillbilly Elegy, Ohio Senator, and future Vice President of [the United States] JD Vance recalls that he worked for Schuler while he was in college.
Suffering from cancer while in the Senate, Schuler died in June 2009, with a year and a half left in his term. Shannon Jones was appointed by senate Republicans to fill out the remainder of his term.