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 trustee from 1988 to 1992.

Although term-limited from the House, Schuler soon returned to the legislature as a member of the Ohio Senate.

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.

[3] Suffering from cancer while in the Senate, Schuler died in June 2009, with a year and a half left in his term.

[4] Shannon Jones was appointed by senate Republicans to fill out the remainder of his term.