85th Wisconsin Legislature

The Eighty-Fifth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 5, 1981, to January 3, 1983, in regular session, and also convened in three special sessions.

85th Wisconsin Legislature
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Wisconsin State Capitol
Overview
Legislative bodyWisconsin Legislature
Meeting placeWisconsin State Capitol
TermJanuary 5, 1981 – January 3, 1983
ElectionNovember 4, 1980
Senate
Members33
Senate PresidentFred Risser (D)
Party controlDemocratic
Assembly
Members99
Assembly SpeakerEdward Jackamonis (D)
Deputy SpeakerLouise M. Tesmer (D)
Party controlDemocratic
Sessions
RegularJanuary 5, 1981 – January 3, 1983
Special sessions
Nov. 1981 Spec.November 4, 1981 – November 17, 1981
Apr. 1982 Spec.April 6, 1982 – May 20, 1982
May 1982 Spec.May 26, 1982 – May 28, 1982

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.

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