80th Wisconsin Legislature

80th Wisconsin Legislature
80th Wisconsin Legislature
	Wisconsin State Capitol
Overview
Legislative body	Wisconsin Legislature
Meeting place	Wisconsin State Capitol
Term	January 4, 1971 – January 1, 1973
Election	November 3, 1970
Senate
Members	33
Senate President	Martin J. Schreiber (D)
President pro tempore	Robert P. Knowles (R)
Party control	Republican
Assembly
Members	100
Assembly Speaker	Robert T. Huber (D); (res. Dec. 13, 1971); Norman C. Anderson (D); (from Dec. 17, 1971);
Speaker pro tempore	Joseph Sweda (D)
Party control	Democratic
Sessions
Regular
Regular	January 4, 1971 – January 1, 1973
Special sessions
Apr. 1972 Spec.
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.

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.

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