87th Wisconsin Legislature

87th Wisconsin Legislature
← 86th 88th →
Wisconsin State Capitol
Overview
Legislative body	Wisconsin Legislature
Meeting place	Wisconsin State Capitol
Term	January 7, 1985 – January 5, 1987
Election	November 6, 1984
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 January 7, 1985 – January 5, 1987
Special sessions
Mar. 1985 Spec. March 19, 1985 – March 21, 1985 Sep. 1985 Spec. September 24, 1985 – October 19, 1985 Oct. 1985 Spec. October 31, 1985 – October 31, 1985 Nov. 1985 Spec. November 20, 1985 – November 20, 1985 Jan. 1986 Spec. January 27, 1986 – May 30, 1986 Mar. 1986 Spec. March 24, 1986 – March 26, 1986 May 1986 Spec. May 20, 1986 – May 29, 1986 Jul. 1986 Spec. July 15, 1986 – July 15, 1986

The Eighty-Seventh Wisconsin Legislature convened from January 7, 1985, to January 5, 1987, in regular session, and also convened in eight 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.

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 6, 1984. 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 2, 1982.^[1]