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79th Wisconsin Legislature

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79th Wisconsin Legislature
78th 80th
Wisconsin State Capitol
Overview
Legislative bodyWisconsin Legislature
Meeting placeWisconsin State Capitol
TermJanuary 6, 1969 – January 4, 1971
ElectionNovember 5, 1968
Senate
Members33
Senate PresidentJack B. Olson (R)
President pro temporeRobert P. Knowles (R)
Party controlRepublican
Assembly
Members100
Assembly SpeakerHarold V. Froehlich (R)
Speaker pro temporeElmer C. Nitschke (R)
Party controlRepublican
Sessions
RegularJanuary 6, 1969 – January 4, 1971
Special sessions
Sep. 1969 Spec.September 29, 1969 – January 17, 1970
Dec. 1970 Spec.December 22, 1970 – December 22, 1970

The Seventy-Ninth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 6, 1969, to January 4, 1971, in regular session and also convened in two special sessions in the fall of 1969 and on December 22, 1970.[1]

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 5, 1968. 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 8, 1966.[1]

Major events

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Major legislation

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  • 1969 Joint Resolution 2: Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to allow the legislature to establish the office of county executive for all Wisconsin counties. This amendment was ratified by voters at the April 1969 election.
  • 1969 Joint Resolution 3: Second legislative passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution to allow the state to take on debt without utilizing a shell corporation. This amendment was ratified by voters at the April 1969 election.

Party summary

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Senate summary

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Senate partisan composition
  Democratic: 11 seats
  Vacant: 1 seat
  Republican: 21 seats
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Dem. Rep. Vacant
End of previous Legislature 12 21 33 0
Start of Reg. Session 10 23 33 0
From Apr. 20, 1969[note 1] 9 32 1
From Aug. 26, 1969[note 2] 22 31 2
From Oct. 4, 1969[note 3] 21 30 3
From Oct. 14, 1969[note 4] 10 31 2
From Nov. 11, 1969[note 5] 11 32 1
Final voting share 34.38% 65.63%
Beginning of the next Legislature 12 20 32 1

Assembly summary

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Assembly partisan composition
  Democratic: 48 seats
  Independent: 1 seat
  Republican: 51 seats
Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total
Dem. Ind. Rep. Vacant
End of previous Legislature 46 0 52 98 2
Start of Reg. Session 48 0 52 100 0
From Apr. 1, 1969[note 6] 47 99 1
From Oct. 2, 1969[note 7] 1 51
From Oct. 14, 1969[note 8] 48 100 0
Final voting share 49% 51%
Beginning of the next Legislature 67 0 33 100 0

Sessions

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  • Regular session: January 6, 1969 – January 4, 1971
  • September 1969 special session: September 29, 1969 – January 17, 1970
  • December 1970 special session: December 22, 1970

Leaders

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Senate leadership

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Assembly leadership

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Members

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Members of the Senate

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Members of the Senate for the Seventy-Ninth Wisconsin Legislature:[3]

Senate partisan representation
  Democratic: 11 seats
  Vacant: 1 seat
  Republican: 21 seats
Dist. Counties Senator Residence Party
01 Door, Kewaunee, & Manitowoc Alex Meunier Sturgeon Bay Rep.
02 Southern Brown & Calumet Myron P. Lotto Green Bay Rep.
03 Milwaukee (Southwest City) Casimir Kendziorski Milwaukee Dem.
04 Milwaukee (North County) Nile Soik Milwaukee Rep.
05 Milwaukee (Northwest City) Wilfred Schuele Milwaukee Dem.
06 Milwaukee (North City) Martin J. Schreiber Milwaukee Dem.
07 Milwaukee (Southeast County & Southeast City) Leland McParland Cudahy Dem.
08 Milwaukee (Western County) Allen Busby West Milwaukee Rep.
09 Milwaukee (City Downtown) Norman Sussman (died Apr. 20, 1969) Milwaukee Dem.
Ronald G. Parys (from Oct. 14, 1969) Milwaukee Dem.
10 Buffalo, Burnett, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, & St. Croix Robert P. Knowles New Richmond Rep.
11 Milwaukee (Western City) Wayne F. Whittow Milwaukee Dem.
12 Clark, Forest, Lincoln, Oneida, Taylor, & Vilas Clifford Krueger Merrill Rep.
13 Eastern Dodge, Jefferson, & Washington Frank E. Panzer (died Aug. 26, 1969) Oakfield Rep.
Dale McKenna (from Nov. 11, 1969) Jefferson Dem.
14 Outagamie & Waupaca Gerald Lorge Bear Creek Rep.
15 Eastern Rock & Walworth James D. Swan Elkhorn Rep.
16 Most of Dane & Western Rock Carl W. Thompson Stoughton Dem.
17 Grant, Green, Iowa, Lafayette, & Richland Gordon Roseleip Darlington Rep.
18 Fond du Lac & Western Dodge Walter G. Hollander Rosendale Rep.
19 Winnebago William Draheim Neenah Rep.
20 Ozaukee & Sheboygan Ernest Keppler Sheboygan Rep.
21 Racine (City & Southeast County) Henry Dorman Racine Dem.
22 Kenosha Joseph Lourigan Kenosha Dem.
23 Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, & Washburn Holger Rasmusen Spooner Rep.
24 Green Lake, Portage, Waushara, & Wood Raymond F. Heinzen Marshfield Rep.
25 Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, Iron, Price, Rusk, & Sawyer Arthur Cirilli Superior Rep.
26 Dane (Madison) Fred Risser Madison Dem.
27 Adams, Columbia, Juneau, Marquette, & Sauk Walter Terry Baraboo Rep.
28 Southwest Milwaukee, Most of Racine, & Southern Waukesha James Devitt Greenfield Rep.
29 Marathon, Menominee, & Shawano Walter Chilsen Wausau Rep.
30 Northern Brown, Florence, Langlade, Marinette, & Oconto Reuben La Fave Oconto Rep.
31 Eau Claire, Jackson, Monroe, & Trempealeau Raymond C. Johnson Eau Claire Rep.
32 Crawford, La Crosse, & Vernon Milo Knutson La Crosse Rep.
33 Waukesha (Northern half) Chester Dempsey (died Oct. 4, 1969) Hartland Rep.
--Vacant from Oct. 4, 1969--

Members of the Assembly

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Members of the Assembly for the Seventy-Ninth Wisconsin Legislature:[3]

Assembly partisan composition
  Democratic: 48 seats
  Independent: 1 seat
  Republican: 51 seats
Milwaukee County districts
Senate
Dist.
County Dist. Representative Party Residence
27 Adams, Juneau, & Marquette Tommy Thompson Rep. Elroy
25 Ashland, Bayfield, & Iron Ernest J. Korpela Dem. Washburn
23 Barron & Washburn John C. Van Hollen Rep. Chetek
02 Brown 1 Jerome Quinn Rep. Green Bay
2 Lawrence J. Kafka Rep. New Denmark
3 Cletus J. Vanderperren Dem. Green Bay
10 Buffalo, Pepin, & Pierce Stanley York Rep. River Falls
Burnett & Polk Harvey L. Dueholm Dem. Luck
02 Calumet Gervase Hephner Dem. Chilton
23 Chippewa Bruce Peloquin Dem. Chippewa Falls
12 Clark Frank Nikolay Dem. Colby
27 Columbia Wesley L. Packard Rep. Lodi
32 Crawford & Vernon Bernard Lewison Rep. Viroqua
26 Dane 1 Norman C. Anderson Dem. Madison
2 Edward Nager Dem. Madison
3 Robert Uehling Rep. Madison
16 4 Russel R. Weisensel Rep. Sun Prairie
5 David D. O'Malley Dem. Waunakee
13 Dodge 1 Esther Doughty Luckhardt Rep. Horicon
18 2 Elmer C. Nitschke Rep. Beaver Dam
01 Door & Kewaunee Lawrence Johnson Rep. Algoma
25 Douglas Edward Stack Dem. Superior
23 Dunn Alvin Baldus Dem. Menomonie
31 Eau Claire 1 Joseph Looby Dem. Eau Claire
2 Louis V. Mato Dem. Fairchild
30 Florence & Marinette William LaFave Rep. Peshtigo
18 Fond du Lac 1 Earl F. McEssy Rep. Fond du Lac
2 William S. Schwefel Rep. Oakfield
12 Forest, Oneida, & Vilas Paul Alfonsi Rep. Minocqua
17 Grant James N. Azim Jr. Rep. Muscoda
Green & Lafayette Joseph E. Tregoning Rep. Shullsburg
24 Green Lake & Waushara Jon P. Wilcox Rep. Wautoma
17 Iowa & Richland Gregor J. Bock Rep. Highland
31 Jackson & Trempealeau John Q. Radcliffe Dem. Strum
13 Jefferson Byron F. Wackett Rep. Watertown
22 Kenosha 1 George Molinaro Dem. Kenosha
2 Russell Olson Rep. Randall
32 La Crosse 1 Gerald Greider Rep. La Crosse
2 Norbert Nuttelman Rep. West Salem
30 Langlade & Oconto Milton McDougal Rep. Oconto Falls
12 Lincoln & Taylor Joseph Sweda Dem. Lublin
01 Manitowoc 1 Donald K. Helgeson Rep. Manitowoc
2 Everett E. Bolle Dem. Two Rivers
29 Marathon 1 Laurence J. Day Dem. Athens
2 Dave Obey (res. Apr. 1, 1969) Dem. Wausau
Tony Earl (from Oct. 14, 1969) Dem. Wausau
Menominee & Shawano Herbert J. Grover Dem. Shawano
06 Milwaukee 1 Mark Lipscomb Jr. Dem. Milwaukee
05 2 Joseph E. Jones Dem. Milwaukee
04 3 Dennis Conta Dem. Milwaukee
09 4 Harout O. Sanasarian Dem. Milwaukee
06 5 Paul Sicula Dem. Milwaukee
09 6 Lloyd Barbee Dem. Milwaukee
06 7 William A. Johnson Dem. Milwaukee
11 8 Joseph Czerwinski Dem. Milwaukee
05 9 Robert L. Jackson Jr. Dem. Milwaukee
11 10 Fred Kessler Dem. Milwaukee
03 11 Raymond J. Tobiasz Dem. Milwaukee
12 Sam L. Orlich Dem. Milwaukee
09 13 Ronald G. Parys Dem. Milwaukee
03 14 Jerry Kleczka Dem. Milwaukee
05 15 Erwin G. Tamms Rep. Milwaukee
11 16 Richard E. Pabst Dem. Milwaukee
07 17 John E. McCormick Dem. Milwaukee
04 18 Ervin Schneeberg Rep. Milwaukee
07 19 Daniel D. Hanna Dem. Milwaukee
08 20 George Klicka Rep. Wauwatosa
21 James J. Lynn Dem. West Allis
22 Robert T. Huber Dem. West Allis
28 23 Jerry J. Wing Rep. Greenfield
Ind.
07 24 William P. Atkinson Dem. South Milwaukee
04 25 Jim Sensenbrenner Rep. Shorewood
31 Monroe Kyle Kenyon Rep. Tomah
14 Outagamie 1 Harold V. Froehlich Rep. Appleton
2 William J. Rogers Dem. Kaukauna
3 Ervin Conradt Rep. Shiocton
20 Ozaukee Herbert Schowalter Rep. Saukville
24 Portage Leonard A. Groshek Dem. Stevens Point
25 Price, Rusk & Sawyer Willis J. Hutnik Rep. Ladysmith
21 Racine 1 Earl W. Warren Dem. Racine
2 Manny S. Brown Dem. Racine
28 3 Merrill E. Stalbaum Rep. Waterford
15 Rock 1 Lewis T. Mittness Dem. Janesville
16 2 Carolyn Blanchard Rep. Edgerton
15 3 George B. Belting Rep. Beloit
27 Sauk Oscar A. Laper Jr. Rep. Rock Springs
20 Sheboygan 1 Carl Otte Dem. Sheboygan
2 Vernon R. Boeckmann Dem. Plymouth
10 St. Croix Robert M. Boche Rep. Star Prairie
22 Walworth Clarence J. Wilger Rep. Elkhorn
13 Washington Frederick C. Schroeder Rep. West Bend
33 Waukesha 1 Kenneth Merkel Rep. Brookfield
2 John M. Alberts Rep. Oconomowoc
3 Vincent R. Mathews Dem. Waukesha
28 4 John C. Shabaz Rep. New Berlin
14 Waupaca Francis R. Byers Rep. Waupaca
19 Winnebago 1 Jack D. Steinhilber Rep. Oshkosh
2 Gordon R. Bradley Rep. Oshkosh
3 David O. Martin Rep. Menasha
24 Wood 1 John Parkin Rep. Marshfield
2 Harvey F. Gee Rep. Wisconsin Rapids

Committees

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Senate committees

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  • Senate Standing Committee on Agriculture – W. Terry, chair
  • Senate Standing Committee on Education – H. Rasmusen, chair
  • Senate Standing Committee on Governmental and Veterans Affairs – W. Draheim, chair
  • Senate Standing Committee on Health and Social Services – A. Cirilli, chair
  • Senate Standing Committee on Interstate Cooperation – G. Lorge, chair
  • Senate Standing Committee on the Judiciary – A. Busby, chair
  • Senate Standing Committee on Labor, Taxation, Insurance, and Banking – G. Lorge, chair
  • Senate Standing Committee on Natural Resources – C. Krueger, chair
  • Senate Standing Committee on Transportation – R. La Fave, chair
  • Senate Special Committee on Committees – G. Lorge, chair
  • Senate Special Committee on Legislative Procedure – R. P. Knowles, chair
  • Senate Special Committee on Senate Organization – E. Keppler, chair

Assembly committees

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  • Assembly Standing Committee on Agriculture – N. Nuttelman, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Commerce and Manufactures – F. C. Schroeder, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Conservation – P. Alfonsi, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Education – L. H. Johnson, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Elections – S. York, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Excise and Fees – E. F. McEssy, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Highways – W. J. Hutnik, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Insurance and Banking – K. Kenyon, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on the Judiciary – G. B. Belting, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Labor – J. N. Azim, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Municipalities – J. D. Steinhilber, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Printing – E. Conradt, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Public Welfare – H. F. Gee, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on State Affairs – B. Lewison, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Taxation – R. Uehling, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Tourism – W. L. Packard, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Transportation – E. C. Nitschke, chair
  • Assembly Standing Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs – J. C. Van Hollen, chair
  • Assembly Special Committee on Assembly Organization – H. V. Froehlich, chair
  • Assembly Special Committee on Engrossed Bills – E. D. Luckhardt, chair
  • Assembly Special Committee on Enrolled Bills – L. J. Kafka, chair
  • Assembly Special Committee on Revision – J. Quinn, chair
  • Assembly Special Committee on Rules – G. J. Bock, chair
  • Assembly Special Committee on Third Reading – C. Blanchard, chair

Joint committees

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  • Joint Standing Committee on Finance – W. G. Hollander (Sen.) & B. F. Wackett (Asm.), co-chairs
  • Joint Standing Committee on Legislative Organization – P. Alfonsi (Asm.), chair
  • Joint Standing Committee on Revisions, Repeals, and Uniform Laws – G. Roseleip (Sen.) & J. Sensenbrenner (Asm.), co-chairs
  • Joint Legislative Council – H. V. Froehlich, chair

Employees

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Senate employees

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  • Chief Clerk: William P. Nugent[4]
  • Sergeant-at-Arms: Kenneth Nicholson

Assembly employees

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Notes

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  1. ^ Democrat Norman Sussman (9th District) died.
  2. ^ Republican Frank E. Panzer (13th District) died.
  3. ^ Republican Chester Dempsey (33rd District) died.
  4. ^ Democrat Ronald G. Parys (9th District) was sworn in to replace Norman Sussman.
  5. ^ Democrat Dale McKenna (13th District) was sworn in to replace Frank E. Panzer.
  6. ^ Democrat Dave Obey (Marathon County) resigned after being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
  7. ^ Republican Jerry J. Wing (Milwaukee County) switched his party affiliation to independent.
  8. ^ Democrat Tony Earl (Marathon County) was sworn in to replace Dave Obey.

References

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  1. ^ a b Barish, Lawrence S.; Lemanski, Lynn, eds. (2021). "Historical Lists" (PDF). State of Wisconsin Blue Book 2021–2022 (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. pp. 468, 471, 475, 479–480. ISBN 978-1-7333817-1-0. Retrieved August 5, 2023.
  2. ^ Babbitz v. McCann, 320 F. Supp. 219 (E.D. Wis. November 18, 1970).
  3. ^ a b Theobald, H. Rupert; Robbins, Patricia V., eds. (1970). "Biographies". The Wisconsin Blue Book 1970 (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. pp. 20–68. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  4. ^ a b Theobald, H. Rupert; Robbins, Patricia V., eds. (1970). "The Legislative Branch". The Wisconsin Blue Book 1970 (Report). Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau. pp. 363–389. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
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