83rd Wisconsin Legislature | |||||||||
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Overview | |||||||||
Legislative body | Wisconsin Legislature | ||||||||
Meeting place | Wisconsin State Capitol | ||||||||
Term | January 3, 1977 – January 1, 1979 | ||||||||
Election | November 2, 1976 | ||||||||
Senate | |||||||||
Members | 33 | ||||||||
Senate President | Martin J. Schreiber (D)until July 6, 1977 | ||||||||
President pro tempore | Fred Risser (D) | ||||||||
Party control | Democratic | ||||||||
Assembly | |||||||||
Members | 99 | ||||||||
Assembly Speaker | Edward Jackamonis (D) | ||||||||
Speaker pro tempore | Michael P. Early (D) | ||||||||
Party control | Democratic | ||||||||
Sessions | |||||||||
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Special sessions | |||||||||
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The Eighty-Third Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 3, 1977, to January 3, 1979, in regular session, and also convened in four special sessions. [1]
This legislative session saw a dramatic overhaul of the Wisconsin judicial system as voters approved a series of amendments to the Constitution of Wisconsin which established the Wisconsin Court of Appeals and collapsed the county courts into the Wisconsin circuit court system. The amendment also established a constitutional basis for the powers of the Wisconsin Supreme Court to administer the state court system.
Senators representing even-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 even-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 2, 1976. Senators representing odd-numbered districts were serving the third and fourth year of a four-year term, having been elected in the general election of November 5, 1974. [1]
Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | |||
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Dem. | Rep. | Vacant | ||
End of previous Legislature | 18 | 14 | 32 | 1 |
Start of Reg. Session | 23 | 10 | 33 | 0 |
From Jan. 29, 1977 [note 1] | 22 | 32 | 1 | |
From May 12, 1977 [note 2] | 11 | 33 | 0 | |
Final voting share | 66.67% | 33.33% | ||
Beginning of the next Legislature | 21 | 10 | 31 | 2 |
Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | ||||
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Dem. | Rep. | Vacant | |||
End of previous Legislature | 63 | 36 | 99 | 0 | |
Start of Reg. Session | 66 | 33 | 99 | 0 | |
From Jun. 27, 1977 [note 3] | 67 | 32 | 99 | 0 | |
From Jul. 25, 1977 [note 4] | 66 | 98 | 1 | ||
From Aug. 15, 1977 [note 5] | 65 | 97 | 2 | ||
From Nov. 7, 1977 [note 6] | 66 | 33 | 99 | 0 | |
From Nov. 14, 1977 [note 7] | 65 | 98 | 1 | ||
From Jan. 24, 1978 [note 8] | 66 | 99 | 0 | ||
Final voting share | 66.67% | 33.33% | |||
Beginning of the next Legislature | 60 | 39 | 99 | 0 |
Members of the Senate for the Eighty-Third Wisconsin Legislature: [2]
Members of the Assembly for the Eighty-Third Wisconsin Legislature: [2]
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