81st Wisconsin Legislature

81st Wisconsin Legislature
80th 82nd
Wisconsin State Capitol
Overview
Legislative bodyWisconsin Legislature
Meeting placeWisconsin State Capitol
TermJanuary 1, 1973 – January 6, 1975
ElectionNovember 7, 1972
Senate
Members33
Senate PresidentMartin J. Schreiber (D)
President pro temporeRobert P. Knowles (R)
Party controlRepublican
Assembly
Members99
Assembly SpeakerNorman C. Anderson (D)
Speaker pro temporeJoseph Sweda (D)
Party controlDemocratic
Sessions
RegularJanuary 1, 1973 – January 6, 1975
Special sessions
Dec. 1973 Spec.December 17, 1973 – December 21, 1973
Apr. 1974 Spec.April 29, 1974 – June 13, 1974
Nov. 1974 Spec.November 19, 1974 – November 20, 1974

The Eighty-First Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 1, 1973, to January 6, 1975, in regular session, and also convened in three special sessions.[1]

This was the first legislative session after the redistricting of the Senate and Assembly according to an act of the previous session. This was also the first legislative session under the current legislative configuration, with 99 members of the Assembly and 33 state senators, with each senate district comprising three assembly districts.

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 7, 1972. 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 3, 1970.[1]

  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.