Robert R. Cupp

Bob Cupp
105th Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives
In office
July 30, 2020 – December 31, 2022
Preceded byLarry Householder
Succeeded byJason Stephens
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
from the 4th district
In office
January 6, 2015 – December 31, 2022
Preceded byMatt Huffman
Succeeded byMary Lightbody
Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court
In office
January 2, 2007 – January 1, 2013
Preceded byAlice Robie Resnick
Succeeded byWilliam O'Neill
President pro tempore of the Ohio Senate
In office
January 3, 1997 – December 31, 2000
Preceded byRichard Finan
Succeeded byBruce Johnson
Member of the Ohio Senate
from the 12th district
In office
January 3, 1985 – December 31, 2000
Preceded bySteve Maurer
Succeeded byJim Jordan
Personal details
Born (1950-11-09) November 9, 1950 (age 74)
Bluffton, Ohio, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseLibby Cupp
Children2
EducationOhio Northern University (BA, JD)
WebsiteCampaign website

Robert Richard Cupp[1] (born November 9, 1950)[2] is an American politician who served as the Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives from 2020 to 2022. He served in the House of Representatives from 2015, representing District 4 (Lima).[3] He was elected as speaker on July 30, 2020, replacing Larry Householder who was removed from the position following his arrest on federal bribery charges.[4] Cupp is a former justice of the Ohio Supreme Court.

Education

Cupp graduated from Ohio Northern University with a degree in political science in 1973. He earned a Juris Doctor from Claude W. Pettit College of Law in 1976.

Career

Cupp was a Lima prosecutor from 1976 to 1980 and was elected Allen County Commissioner twice, from 1981 to 1984 and 2000 to 2002.

He was a member of the Ohio Senate from 1985 to 2000, but was forced to retire due to legislative term limits. He was President Pro-Tem of the Senate from 1997 to 2000. During his time in the Senate, he spent ten years serving on the Judiciary Committee.

Ohio Supreme Court

He was elected November 7, 2006 to a six-year term and was sworn in on January 2, 2007. His term expired January 1, 2013 following his election loss to William O'Neill. Before joining the Ohio Supreme Court, Cupp gained appellate judicial experience as a judge on the Ohio Court of Appeals (Third Judicial District) from 2003 to 2006.

2012 election for the Ohio Supreme Court

The Columbus Dispatch,[5] Cleveland Plain Dealer,[6] Toledo Blade,[7] and Youngstown Vindicator[8] endorsed Robert Cupp for re-election in the November 6, 2012 election. Cupp and his opponent William O'Neill were both recommended for the 2012 Supreme Court election by the Ohio State Bar Association,[9] and rated "excellent" by the Ohio Women's Bar Association[10]

On November 6, 2012, Cupp lost his bid for re-election to O'Neill by a margin of 5%. Cupp would remain out of office for only two years, when he would run for his current seat in the Ohio House of Representatives.

Anti-vaccination controversy

In 2021 Sherri Tenpenny presented at a hearing with the Ohio House of Representatives regarding House Bill 248.[11] In the hearing, Tenpenny pushed false claims that the COVID-19 vaccines contain metals bonded to the proteins which she claimed results in people becoming magnetized. Cupp defended the invitation to Tenpenny's testimony despite the lack of factual basis for her claims and despite the condemnation by the Ohio Osteopathic Association.[12][13] Tenpenny's position was supported by testimony from Nurse Joanna Overholt who failed to demonstrate with a metal key the magnetism theory propounded by the doctor.[14]

See also

References

  1. ^ Who's Who in American Law, 2007-2008. Marquis Who's Who. 2007. p. 247.
  2. ^ "Justice Robert R. Cupp (OH)". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved April 17, 2011.
  3. ^ "Robert R. Cupp Biography". The Ohio House of Representatives. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  4. ^ Tobias, Andrew J. (July 30, 2020). "Bob Cupp selected as next Ohio House speaker". Cleveland.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  5. ^ "For Ohio Supreme Court". Columbus Dispatch. 2012-10-07. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
  6. ^ "Plain Dealer endorses Ohio Supreme Court incumbents McGee Brown, Cupp and O'Donnell: endorsement editorial". Cleveland Plain Dealer. 2012-10-20. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
  7. ^ "For Ohio Supreme Court". Toledo Blade. 2012-10-04. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
  8. ^ "For the Ohio Supreme Court: McGee Brown, Cupp, O'Donnell". Youngstown Vindicator. 2012-10-24. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
  9. ^ "Candidate ratings for the 2012 Supreme Court of Ohio election". Ohio State Bar Association. Archived from the original on 2015-12-25. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
  10. ^ "Ohio Women's Bar Association Supreme Court of Ohio Judicial Candidate Ratings: 2012 General Election". Ohio Women's Bar Association. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012.
  11. ^ Bischoff, Laura A. "Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine says he opposes controversial anti-vaccine bill". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
  12. ^ "Ohio governor opposes House anti-vaccine bill". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
  13. ^ "Vaccine Misinformation is Dangerous". www.ohiodo.org. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
  14. ^ "The Ohio House of Representatives 134th General Assembly ohio-house-health-committee-6-8-2021-part-2".
  • "Robert R. Cupp". The Supreme Court of Ohio and the Ohio Judicial System. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
Political offices
Preceded by Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives
2020–2022 		Succeeded by