82nd Wisconsin Legislature
The Eighty-Second Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 6, 1975, to January 3, 1977, in regular session, and also convened in four special sessions.
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Wisconsin State Capitol | |||||||||
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| Legislative body | Wisconsin Legislature | ||||||||
| Meeting place | Wisconsin State Capitol | ||||||||
| Term | January 6, 1975 – January 3, 1977 | ||||||||
| Election | November 5, 1974 | ||||||||
| Senate | |||||||||
| Members | 33 | ||||||||
| Senate President | Martin J. Schreiber (D) | ||||||||
| President pro tempore | Fred Risser (D) | ||||||||
| Party control | Democratic | ||||||||
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| Members | 99 | ||||||||
| Assembly Speaker | Norman C. Anderson (D) | ||||||||
| Speaker pro tempore | Edward Jackamonis (D) | ||||||||
| Party control | Democratic | ||||||||
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This was the first legislative term since 1893, when the Democratic Party of Wisconsin held the Governor's office and majorities in both chambers of the Legislature.
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 5, 1974. 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 7, 1972.