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80th Wisconsin Legislature

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80th Wisconsin Legislature
79th 81st
Wisconsin State Capitol
Overview
Legislative bodyWisconsin Legislature
Meeting placeWisconsin State Capitol
TermJanuary 4, 1971 – January 1, 1973
ElectionNovember 3, 1970
Senate
Members33
Senate PresidentMartin J. Schreiber (D)
President pro temporeRobert P. Knowles (R)
Party controlRepublican
Assembly
Members100
Assembly Speaker
Speaker pro temporeJoseph Sweda (D)
Party controlDemocratic
Sessions
RegularJanuary 4, 1971 – January 1, 1973
Special sessions
Apr. 1972 Spec.April 19, 1972 – April 28, 1972

The Eightieth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 4, 1971, to January 1, 1973, in regular session, and also convened in a special session in April 1972.[1]

The April 1972 special session was called to come to a final agreement on a pivotal redistricting plan, which eliminated an Assembly district and broke the longstanding precedent of adhering to county boundaries.

Senators representing odd-numbered districts were newly elected for this session and were serving the first two years of a four-year term. Assembly members were elected to a two-year term. Assembly members and odd-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 3, 1970. Senators representing even-numbered districts were serving the third and fourth year of a four-year term, having been elected in the general election of November 5, 1968.[1]

Major events

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Major legislation

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  • November 19, 1971: An Act ... relating to redistricting this state pursuant to the congressional apportionment based on the 1970 census of population, 1971 Act 133.
  • May 8, 1972: An Act ... relating to districting the senate and assembly based on the number of inhabitants shown by the certified results of the 1970 census of population, 1971 Act 304.

Party summary

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Senate summary

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Senate partisan composition
  Democratic: 13 seats
  Republican: 20 seats
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Dem. Rep. Vacant
End of previous Legislature 11 21 32 1
Start of Reg. Session[note 1] 12 20 32 1
From May 4, 1971[note 2] 13 33 0
Final voting share 39.39% 60.61%
Beginning of the next Legislature 15 18 33 0

Assembly summary

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Assembly partisan composition
  Democratic: 66 seats
  Republican: 34 seats
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Dem. Ind. Rep. Vacant
End of previous Legislature 48 1 51 100 0
Start of Reg. Session 67 0 33 100 0
From Jan. 19, 1971[note 3] 66 99 1
From Apr. 13, 1971[note 4] 34 100 0
From May 4, 1971[note 5] 65 99 1
From Sep. 20, 1971[note 6] 66 100 0
From Dec. 13, 1971[note 7] 65 99 1
From Apr. 19, 1972[note 8] 66 100 0
Final voting share 66% 34%
Beginning of the next Legislature 62 0 37 99 0

Sessions

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  • Regular session: January 4, 1971 – January 1, 1973
  • April 1972 special session: April 19, 1972 – April 28, 1972

Leaders

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Senate leadership

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Assembly leadership

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Members

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Members of the Senate

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Members of the Senate for the Eightieth Wisconsin Legislature:[2]

Senate partisan representation
  Democratic: 13 seats
  Republican: 20 seats
Dist. Counties Senator Residence Party
01 Door, Kewaunee, & Manitowoc Jerome Martin Whitelaw Dem.
02 Southern Brown & Calumet Myron P. Lotto Green Bay Rep.
03 Milwaukee (Southwest City) Casimir Kendziorski Milwaukee Dem.
04 Milwaukee (North County) Nile Soik Milwaukee Rep.
05 Milwaukee (Northwest City) Wilfred Schuele Milwaukee Dem.
06 Milwaukee (North City) --Vacant until May 4, 1971--
Mark Lipscomb Jr. (from May 4, 1971) Milwaukee Dem.
07 Milwaukee (Southeast County & Southeast City) Kurt Frank Milwaukee Dem.
08 Milwaukee (Western County) Allen Busby West Milwaukee Rep.
09 Milwaukee (City Downtown) Ronald G. Parys Milwaukee Dem.
10 Buffalo, Burnett, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, & St. Croix Robert P. Knowles New Richmond Rep.
11 Milwaukee (Western City) Wayne F. Whittow Milwaukee Dem.
12 Clark, Forest, Lincoln, Oneida, Taylor, & Vilas Clifford Krueger Merrill Rep.
13 Eastern Dodge, Jefferson, & Washington Dale McKenna Jefferson Dem.
14 Outagamie & Waupaca Gerald Lorge Bear Creek Rep.
15 Eastern Rock & Walworth James D. Swan Elkhorn Rep.
16 Most of Dane & Western Rock Carl W. Thompson Stoughton Dem.
17 Grant, Green, Iowa, Lafayette, & Richland Gordon Roseleip Darlington Rep.
18 Fond du Lac & Western Dodge Walter G. Hollander Rosendale Rep.
19 Winnebago Jack D. Steinhilber Oshkosh Rep.
20 Ozaukee & Sheboygan Ernest Keppler Sheboygan Rep.
21 Racine (City & Southeast County) Henry Dorman Racine Dem.
22 Kenosha Joseph Lourigan Kenosha Dem.
23 Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, & Washburn Bruce Peloquin Chippewa Falls Dem.
24 Green Lake, Portage, Waushara, & Wood Raymond F. Heinzen Marshfield Rep.
25 Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, Iron, Price, Rusk, & Sawyer Arthur Cirilli Superior Rep.
26 Dane (Madison) Fred Risser Madison Dem.
27 Adams, Columbia, Juneau, Marquette, & Sauk Everett Bidwell Portage Rep.
28 Southwest Milwaukee, Most of Racine, & Southern Waukesha James Devitt Greenfield Rep.
29 Marathon, Menominee, & Shawano Walter Chilsen Wausau Rep.
30 Northern Brown, Florence, Langlade, Marinette, & Oconto Reuben La Fave Oconto Rep.
31 Eau Claire, Jackson, Monroe, & Trempealeau Raymond C. Johnson Eau Claire Rep.
32 Crawford, La Crosse, & Vernon Milo Knutson La Crosse Rep.
33 Waukesha (Northern half) Roger P. Murphy Waukesha Rep.

Members of the Assembly

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Members of the Assembly for the Eightieth Wisconsin Legislature:[2]

Assembly partisan composition
  Democratic: 66 seats
  Republican: 34 seats
Milwaukee County districts
Senate
Dist.
County Dist. Representative Party Residence
27 Adams, Juneau, & Marquette Tommy Thompson Rep. Elroy
25 Ashland, Bayfield, & Iron Ernest J. Korpela Dem. Washburn
23 Barron & Washburn Kenneth M. Schricker Rep. Spooner
02 Brown 1 Jerome Quinn Rep. Green Bay
2 Lawrence J. Kafka Rep. New Denmark
3 Cletus J. Vanderperren Dem. Green Bay
10 Buffalo, Pepin, & Pierce Michael P. Early Dem. River Falls
Burnett & Polk Harvey L. Dueholm Dem. Luck
02 Calumet Gervase Hephner Dem. Chilton
23 Chippewa Terry A. Willkom Dem. Chippewa Falls
12 Clark Eugene Oberle Dem. Stanley
27 Columbia Robert M. Thompson Dem. Poynette
32 Crawford & Vernon Bernard Lewison Rep. Viroqua
26 Dane 1 Norman C. Anderson Dem. Madison
2 Edward Nager Dem. Madison
3 Midge Miller Dem. Madison
16 4 Harland E. Everson Dem. Sun Prairie
5 David D. O'Malley Dem. Waunakee
13 Dodge 1 Esther Doughty Luckhardt Rep. Horicon
18 2 Thomas S. Hanson Dem. Beaver Dam
01 Door & Kewaunee Lary J. Swoboda Dem. Luxemburg
25 Douglas Edward Stack Dem. Superior
23 Dunn Alvin Baldus Dem. Menomonie
31 Eau Claire 1 Joseph Looby Dem. Eau Claire
2 Louis V. Mato Dem. Fairchild
30 Florence & Marinette William LaFave Rep. Peshtigo
18 Fond du Lac 1 Earl F. McEssy Rep. Fond du Lac
2 William S. Schwefel Rep. Oakfield
12 Forest, Oneida, & Vilas Ellsworth K. Gaulke Dem. Lac du Flambeau
17 Grant James N. Azim Jr. Rep. Muscoda
Green & Lafayette Joseph E. Tregoning Rep. Shullsburg
24 Green Lake & Waushara Jon P. Wilcox Rep. Wautoma
17 Iowa & Richland Joanne M. Duren Dem. Cazenovia
31 Jackson & Trempealeau John Q. Radcliffe (res. Jan. 19, 1971) Dem. Strum
Alan S. Robertson (from Apr. 13, 1971) Rep. Blair
13 Jefferson Byron F. Wackett Rep. Watertown
22 Kenosha 1 George Molinaro Dem. Kenosha
2 Eugene Dorff Dem. Kenosha
32 La Crosse 1 Gerald Greider Rep. La Crosse
2 Virgil Roberts Dem. Holmen
30 Langlade & Oconto Milton McDougal Rep. Oconto Falls
12 Lincoln & Taylor Joseph Sweda Dem. Lublin
01 Manitowoc 1 Donald K. Helgeson Rep. Manitowoc
2 Everett E. Bolle Dem. Two Rivers
29 Marathon 1 Laurence J. Day Dem. Athens
2 Tony Earl Dem. Wausau
Menominee & Shawano Herbert J. Grover Dem. Shawano
06 Milwaukee 1 Mark Lipscomb Jr. (res. May 4, 1971) Dem. Milwaukee
Gus Menos (from Sep. 20, 1971) Dem. Milwaukee
05 2 Joseph E. Jones Dem. Milwaukee
04 3 Dennis Conta Dem. Milwaukee
09 4 Harout O. Sanasarian Dem. Milwaukee
06 5 Paul Sicula Dem. Milwaukee
09 6 Lloyd Barbee Dem. Milwaukee
06 7 William A. Johnson Dem. Milwaukee
11 8 Joseph Czerwinski Dem. Milwaukee
05 9 Robert L. Jackson Jr. Dem. Milwaukee
11 10 Fred Kessler Dem. Milwaukee
03 11 Raymond J. Tobiasz Dem. Milwaukee
12 Sam L. Orlich Dem. Milwaukee
09 13 Glenn E. Bultman Dem. Milwaukee
03 14 Jerry Kleczka Dem. Milwaukee
05 15 James W. Wahner Dem. Milwaukee
11 16 Richard E. Pabst Dem. Milwaukee
07 17 John E. McCormick Dem. Milwaukee
04 18 David G. Berger Dem. Milwaukee
07 19 Daniel D. Hanna Dem. Milwaukee
08 20 George Klicka Rep. Wauwatosa
21 James J. Lynn Dem. West Allis
22 Robert T. Huber (res. Dec. 13, 1971) Dem. West Allis
Gary J. Barczak (from Apr. 19, 1972) Dem. West Allis
28 23 James A. Rutkowski Dem. Hales Corners
07 24 William P. Atkinson Dem. South Milwaukee
04 25 Jim Sensenbrenner Rep. Shorewood
31 Monroe Robert Quackenbush Rep. Sparta
14 Outagamie 1 Harold V. Froehlich Rep. Appleton
2 William J. Rogers Dem. Kaukauna
3 Ervin Conradt Rep. Shiocton
20 Ozaukee Herbert Schowalter Rep. Saukville
24 Portage Leonard A. Groshek Dem. Stevens Point
25 Price, Rusk & Sawyer John W. Slaby Dem. Phillips
21 Racine 1 R. Michael Ferrall Dem. Racine
2 Manny S. Brown Dem. Racine
28 3 Merrill E. Stalbaum Rep. Waterford
15 Rock 1 Lewis T. Mittness Dem. Janesville
16 2 Janet Soergel Mielke Dem. Milton
15 3 Gary K. Johnson Dem. Beloit
27 Sauk Kenyon E. Giese Rep. Sauk City
20 Sheboygan 1 Carl Otte Dem. Sheboygan
2 Vernon R. Boeckmann Dem. Plymouth
10 St. Croix Leo Mohn Dem. Woodville
22 Walworth Clarence J. Wilger Rep. Elkhorn
13 Washington Frederick C. Schroeder Rep. West Bend
33 Waukesha 1 Kenneth Merkel Rep. Brookfield
2 John M. Alberts Rep. Oconomowoc
3 Edward Jackamonis Dem. Waukesha
28 4 John C. Shabaz Rep. New Berlin
14 Waupaca Francis R. Byers Rep. Waupaca
19 Winnebago 1 Jon R. Guiles Rep. Oshkosh
2 Gordon R. Bradley Rep. Oshkosh
3 Michael G. Ellis Rep. Neenah
24 Wood 1 John Oestreicher Dem. Marshfield
2 Marlin Schneider Dem. Wisconsin Rapids

Employees

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Senate employees

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  • Chief Clerk: William P. Nugent[2]
  • Sergeant-at-Arms: Kenneth Nicholson

Assembly employees

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  • Chief Clerk: Thomas P. Fox[2]
  • Sergeant-at-Arms: William F. Quick

Notes

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  1. ^ Democrat Martin J. Schreiber (6th District) resigned before the start of the session due to his election as Lieutenant Governor.
  2. ^ Democrat Mark Lipscomb Jr. (6th District) was sworn in to replace Martin J. Schreiber.
  3. ^ Democrat John Q. Radcliffe (Jackson & Trempealeau counties) resigned to accept appointment to the state highway commission.
  4. ^ Republican Alan S. Robertson (Jackson & Trempealeau counties) was sworn in to replace John Q. Radcliffe.
  5. ^ Democrat Mark Lipscomb Jr. (Milwaukee County) resigned to take office in the state senate.
  6. ^ Democrat Gus Menos (Milwaukee County) sworn in to replace Mark Lipscomb Jr.
  7. ^ Democratic speaker Robert T. Huber (Milwaukee County) resigned to accept appointment to the state highway commission.
  8. ^ Democrat Gary J. Barczak (Milwaukee County) was sworn in to replace Robert T. Huber.

References

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  1. ^ a b Barish, Lawrence S.; Lemanski, Lynn, eds. (2021). "Historical Lists" (PDF). State of Wisconsin Blue Book 2021–2022 (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. pp. 468, 471, 475, 479–480. ISBN 978-1-7333817-1-0. Retrieved August 5, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d "Biographies". The State of Wisconsin 1971 Blue Book (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. 1971. pp. 20–68. Retrieved November 2, 2023.
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