88th Wisconsin Legislature | |||||||||||
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Overview | |||||||||||
Legislative body | Wisconsin Legislature | ||||||||||
Meeting place | Wisconsin State Capitol | ||||||||||
Term | January 5, 1987 – January 2, 1989 | ||||||||||
Election | November 4, 1986 | ||||||||||
Senate | |||||||||||
Members | 33 | ||||||||||
Senate President | Fred Risser (D) | ||||||||||
Party control | Democratic | ||||||||||
Assembly | |||||||||||
Members | 99 | ||||||||||
Assembly Speaker | Thomas A. Loftus (D) | ||||||||||
Speaker pro tempore | David Clarenbach (D) | ||||||||||
Party control | Democratic | ||||||||||
Sessions | |||||||||||
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Special sessions | |||||||||||
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The Eighty-Eighth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 5, 1987, to January 3, 1989, in regular session, and also convened in three special sessions and two extraordinary sessions. [1]
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 4, 1986. 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 6, 1984. [1]
Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | |||
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Dem. | Rep. | Vacant | ||
End of previous Legislature | 19 | 14 | 33 | 0 |
Start of Reg. Session [note 1] | 19 | 11 | 30 | 3 |
From Apr. 21, 1987 [note 2] | 14 | 33 | 0 | |
From Apr. 15, 1988 [note 3] | 18 | 32 | 1 | |
From Nov. 15, 1988 [note 4] | 19 | 33 | 0 | |
Final voting share | 57.58% | 42.42% | ||
Beginning of the next Legislature | 20 | 13 | 33 | 0 |
Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | |||
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Dem. | Rep. | Vacant | ||
End of previous Legislature | 52 | 47 | 99 | 0 |
Start of Reg. Session | 54 | 45 | 99 | 0 |
From Apr. 21, 1987 [note 5] | 42 | 96 | 3 | |
From Jun. 16, 1987 [note 6] | 55 | 44 | 99 | 0 |
From Aug. 4, 1987 [note 7] | 43 | 98 | 1 | |
From Oct. 12, 1987 [note 8] | 44 | 99 | 0 | |
From May 23, 1988 [note 9] | 54 | 98 | 1 | |
Final voting share | 55.1% | 44.9% | ||
Beginning of the next Legislature | 56 | 43 | 99 | 0 |
Members of the Senate for the Eighty-Eighth Wisconsin Legislature: [2]
Members of the Assembly for the Eighty-Eighth Wisconsin Legislature: [2]
Robert Lewis "Rob" Cowles III is an American Republican politician from Green Bay, Wisconsin. He is a member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing Wisconsin's 2nd Senate district since 1987. He is the longest currently-serving member of the Wisconsin Senate, having served for 36 years. He previously served four years in the Wisconsin State Assembly (1983–1987).
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