85th Wisconsin Legislature | |||||||
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Overview | |||||||
Legislative body | Wisconsin Legislature | ||||||
Meeting place | Wisconsin State Capitol | ||||||
Term | January 5, 1981 – January 3, 1983 | ||||||
Election | November 4, 1980 | ||||||
Senate | |||||||
Members | 33 | ||||||
Senate President | Fred Risser (D) | ||||||
Party control | Democratic | ||||||
Assembly | |||||||
Members | 99 | ||||||
Assembly Speaker | Edward Jackamonis (D) | ||||||
Deputy Speaker | Louise M. Tesmer (D) | ||||||
Party control | Democratic | ||||||
Sessions | |||||||
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Special sessions | |||||||
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The Eighty-Fifth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 5, 1981, to January 3, 1983, in regular session, and also convened in three special sessions. [1]
This session represents the third time the Legislature failed to pass a redistricting act on schedule. Ultimately, a panel of federal judges would implement a punitive redistricting plan in 1982, and after Democrats gained unified control of government in 1983, they passed a superseding plan.
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 4, 1980. 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 7, 1978. [1]
Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | |||
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Dem. | Rep. | Vacant | ||
End of previous Legislature | 19 | 12 | 31 | 2 |
Start of Reg. Session | 19 | 14 | 33 | 0 |
Final voting share | 60.61% | 39.39% | ||
Beginning of the next Legislature | 17 | 14 | 31 | 2 |
Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | |||
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Dem. | Rep. | Vacant | ||
End of previous Legislature | 60 | 38 | 98 | 1 |
Start of Reg. Session [note 1] | 59 | 39 | 98 | 1 |
From Apr. 15, 1981 [note 2] | 40 | 99 | 0 | |
From Apr. 30, 1981 [note 3] | 58 | 98 | 1 | |
From Nov. 1, 1981 [note 4] | 57 | 97 | 2 | |
From Dec. 17, 1981 [note 5] | 39 | 96 | 3 | |
From Jan. 15, 1982 [note 6] | 58 | 97 | 2 | |
From Apr. 14, 1982 [note 7] | 40 | 98 | 1 | |
From Jun. 25, 1982 [note 8] | 41 | 99 | 0 | |
Final voting share | 58.59% | 41.41% | ||
Beginning of the next Legislature | 59 | 40 | 99 | 0 |
Members of the Senate for the Eighty-Fifth Wisconsin Legislature: [3]
Members of the Assembly for the Eighty-Fifth Wisconsin Legislature: [3]
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