78th Wisconsin Legislature
The Seventy-Eighth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 11, 1967, to January 6, 1969, in regular session.
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| Legislative body | Wisconsin Legislature | ||||
| Meeting place | Wisconsin State Capitol | ||||
| Term | January 2, 1967 – January 6, 1969 | ||||
| Election | November 8, 1966 | ||||
| Senate | |||||
| Members | 33 | ||||
| Senate President | Jack B. Olson (R) | ||||
| President pro tempore | Robert P. Knowles (R) | ||||
| Party control | Republican | ||||
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| Members | 100 | ||||
| Assembly Speaker | Harold V. Froehlich (R) | ||||
| Speaker pro tempore | Elmer C. Nitschke (R) | ||||
| Party control | Republican | ||||
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This session saw the culmination of Governor Warren P. Knowles state government reorganization and modernization plan, including the passage of the signature government reorganization law, which consolidated 85 executive branch agencies into 32 executive departments, and the passage of twelve amendments to the state constitution (the most in any single legislative session).
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 8, 1966. 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 3, 1964.