Paul Pfeifer | |
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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio | |
In office January 2, 1993 – January 1, 2017 | |
Preceded by | Herbert R. Brown |
Succeeded by | Pat DeWine |
Member of the Ohio Senate from the 26th district | |
In office January 3, 1977 – December 31, 1992 | |
Preceded by | Gene Slagle |
Succeeded by | Karen Gillmor |
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the 15th district | |
In office January 3, 1971 – December 31, 1972 | |
Preceded by | Robert Carpenter |
Succeeded by | Gene Damschroder |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] Bucyrus, Ohio, U.S. | October 15, 1942
Political party | Republican |
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.