Paul E. Pfeifer
| Paul Pfeifer | |
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| Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio | |
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In office January 2, 1993 – January 1, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Herbert R. Brown |
| Succeeded by | Pat DeWine |
| Member of the Ohio Senate from the 26th district |
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In office January 3, 1977-December 31, 1992 |
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| Preceded by | Gene Slagle |
| Succeeded by | Karen Gillmor |
| Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the 15th district |
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In office January 3, 1971-December 31, 1972 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Carpenter |
| Succeeded by | Gene Damschroder |
| Personal details | |
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October 15, 1942 Bucyrus, Ohio, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Religion | Christian |
Paul E. Pfeifer (born October 15, 1942) is an American jurist. He served in both houses of the Ohio General Assembly as a member of the Ohio Republican party and was most recently an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio.
Pfeifer was born in Bucyrus in 1942. He grew up on his family's dairy farm near Bucyrus. As a teenager, he raised purebred Yorkshire hogs to finance his college education. He earned a bachelor of arts degree in economics, political science, and history in 1963 from Ohio State University. In 1966, he also earned a law degree from the College of Law.
Pfeifer owns a cattle farm in Crawford County, near his childhood home. Pfeifer and his wife Julia have three children and four grandchildren.
From 1967 to 1970, he worked as an assistant attorney general under Ohio Attorney General William B. Saxbe. Pfeifer practiced law – tax and trial law – as a partner with the firm Cory, Brown & Pfeifer from 1972 to 1992. From 1973 to 1976, he also served as an assistant to the Crawford County prosecutor.
In 1970, Pfeifer was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives. Pfeifer served as an Ohio state representative from 1971 to 1972. In 1976, he successfully ran for a seat in the Ohio Senate. Pfeifer was re-elected in 1980, 1984, and 1988. From 1983 to 1984, Pfeifer was minority floor leader and from 1985 to 1986, with a Republican majority in the Senate, Pfeifer became Assistant President Pro Tempore.
In 1982, Pfeifer ran for the U.S. Senate, but was defeated by incumbent Democrat Howard Metzenbaum.
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