88th Wisconsin Legislature

88th Wisconsin Legislature
88th Wisconsin Legislature
	Wisconsin State Capitol
Overview
Legislative body	Wisconsin Legislature
Meeting place	Wisconsin State Capitol
Term	January 5, 1987 – January 2, 1989
Election	November 4, 1986
Senate
Members	33
Senate President	Fred Risser (D)
Party control	Democratic
Assembly
Members	99
Assembly Speaker	Thomas A. Loftus (D)
Speaker pro tempore	David Clarenbach (D)
Party control	Democratic
Sessions
Regular
Regular	January 5, 1987 – January 3, 1989
Special sessions
Sep. 1987 Spec.
Sep. 1987 Spec.	September 15, 1987 – September 16, 1987
Nov. 1987 Spec.	November 18, 1987 – June 7, 1988
May 1988 Extra.	May 17, 1988 – June 16, 1988
Jun. 1988 Spec.	June 30, 1988 – June 30, 1988
Jun. 1988 Extra.	June 30, 1988 – July 20, 1988

The Eighty-Eighth Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 5, 1987, to January 3, 1989, in regular session, and also convened in three special sessions and two extraordinary sessions.^[1]

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 4, 1986. 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 6, 1984.^[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.

[historical-1] 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.

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