75th Minnesota Legislature

The seventy-fifth Minnesota Legislature first convened on January 6, 1987. The 67 members of the Minnesota Senate and the 134 members of the Minnesota House of Representatives were elected during the General Election of November 4, 1986.

Seventy-fifth Minnesota Legislature
74th Minnesota Legislature 76th Minnesota Legislature
Overview
Legislative bodyMinnesota Legislature
JurisdictionMinnesota, United States
Meeting placeMinnesota State Capitol
TermJanuary 6, 1987 (1987-01-06) – January 3, 1989 (1989-01-03)
Websitewww.leg.state.mn.us
Minnesota State Senate
Members67 Senators
PresidentJerome M. Hughes
President pro temporeFlorian Chmielewski
Majority LeaderRoger Moe
Minority LeaderDuane Benson
Party controlDemocratic-Farmer-Labor Party
Minnesota House of Representatives
Members134 Representatives
SpeakerFred C. Norton,
Robert Vanasek
Majority LeaderRobert Vanasek,
Ann Wynia
Minority LeaderWilliam R. Schreiber
Party controlDemocratic-Farmer-Labor Party

Sessions edit

The legislature met in a regular session from January 6, 1987, to May 18, 1987. A special session was convened on June 25, 1987, to enact legislation strengthening the state's laws regarding corporate takeovers.[1]

A continuation of the regular session was held between February 9, 1988, and April 25, 1988.[1]

Party summary edit

Resignations and new members are discussed in the "Membership changes" section, below.

Senate edit

Party[2]
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
TotalVacant
DFLIR
End of previous Legislature4324670
Begin4720670
November 15, 198746661
November 16, 198721670
January 1, 198945661
Latest voting share67%31%
Beginning of the next Legislature4423670

House of Representatives edit

Party[3]
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
TotalVacant
DFLIR
End of previous Legislature65671322
Begin83511340
June 25, 1987821331
September 2, 1987811322
November 12, 198782521340
July 19, 1988511331
September 7, 1988811322
Latest voting share60%38%
Beginning of the next Legislature81531340

Leadership edit

Senate edit

President of the Senate
Jerome M. Hughes (DFL-Maplewood)[4]
President pro tempore[nb 1]
Florian Chmielewski (DFL-Sturgeon Lake)[4]
Senate Majority Leader
Roger Moe (DFL-Erskine)[5]
Senate Minority Leader
Duane Benson (IR-Lanesboro)[5]

House of Representatives edit

Speaker of the House
Until June 25, 1987 Fred C. Norton (DFL-St. Paul)[6]
After June 25, 1987 Robert Vanasek (DFL-New Prague)[6]
House Majority Leader
Until June 25, 1987 Robert Vanasek (DFL-New Prague)[7]
After June 25, 1987 Ann Wynia (DFL-St. Paul)[7]
House Minority Leader
William R. Schreiber (IR-Brooklyn Park)[7]

Members edit

Senate edit

NameDistrictCityParty
Adkins, Betty22St. MichaelDFL
Anderson, Don A.12WadenaIR
Beckman, Tracy29BricelynDFL
Belanger, William41BloomingtonIR
Benson, Duane32LanesboroIR
Berg, Charlie11ChokioDFL
Berglin, Linda60MinneapolisDFL
Bernhagen, John21HutchinsonIR
Bertram, Joe16PaynesvilleDFL
Brandl, John62MinneapolisDFL
Brataas, Nancy33RochesterIR
Chmielewski, Florian14Sturgeon LakeDFL
Cohen, Dick64St. PaulDFL
Dahl, Gregory50Coon RapidsDFL
Davis, Chuck18PrincetonDFL
Decker, Bob04BemidjiIR
DeCramer, Gary27GhentDFL
Dicklich, Ron05HibbingDFL
Diessner, Bill56AftonDFL
Frank, Don51Spring Lake ParkDFL
Frederick, Mel30OwatonnaIR
Frederickson, Dave20MurdockDFL
Frederickson, Dennis23New UlmIR
Freeman, Michael O.40RichfieldDFL
Gustafson, Jim08DuluthIR
Hughes, Jerome M.54MaplewoodDFL
Johnson, Dean15WillmarIR
Johnson, Doug06TowerDFL
Jude, Tad48Maple GroveDFL
Knaak, Fritz53White Bear LakeIR
Knutson, Howard A.38BurnsvilleIR
Kroening, Carl57MinneapolisDFL
Laidig, Gary55StillwaterIR
Langseth, Keith09GlyndonDFL
Lantry, Marilyn67St. PaulDFL
Larson, Cal10Fergus FallsIR
Lessard, Bob03International FallsDFL
Luther, Bill47Brooklyn ParkDFL
Marty, John63RosevilleDFL
McQuaid, Phyllis W.44Saint Louis ParkIR
Mehrkens, Lyle26Red WingIR
Merriam, Gene49Coon RapidsDFL
Metzen, James39South St. PaulDFL
Moe, Donald65St. PaulDFL
Moe, Roger02ErskineDFL
Morse, Steven34DakotaDFL
Novak, Steve52New BrightonDFL
Olson, Gen43MinnetristaIR
Pehler, Jim17St. CloudDFL
Peterson, Donna C.61MinneapolisDFL
Peterson, Randolph W.19WyomingDFL
Piper, Pat31AustinDFL
Pogemiller, Larry58MinneapolisDFL
Purfeerst, Clarence25FaribaultDFL
Ramstad, Jim45MinnetonkaIR
Reichgott Junge, Ember46New HopeDFL
Renneke, Earl35Le SueurIR
Samuelson, Don13BrainerdDFL
Schmitz, Robert J.36JordanDFL
Solon, Sam07DuluthDFL
Spear, Allan59MinneapolisDFL
Storm, Don42EdinaIR
Stumpf, LeRoy01Thief River FallsDFL
Taylor, Glen24MankatoIR
Vickerman, Jim28TracyDFL
Waldorf, Gene66St. PaulDFL
Wegscheid, Darril37Apple ValleyDFL
Willet, Gerald04Park RapidsDFL

House of Representatives edit

NameDistrictCityParty
Anderson, Bob10BOttertailIR
Anderson, Glen H.20ABellinghamDFL
Battaglia, David Peter06ATwo HarborsDFL
Bauerly, Jerry18BSauk RapidsDFL
Beard, Pat56BCottage GroveDFL
Begich, Joseph06BEvelethDFL
Bennett, Tony53AShoreviewIR
Bertram, Jeff16BPaynesvilleDFL
Bishop, Dave33BRochesterIR
Blatz, Kathleen41BBloomingtonIR
Boo, Ben08BDuluthIR
Brown, Chuck11AAppletonDFL
Burger, John43ALong LakeIR
Carlson, Doug14BSandstoneIR
Carlson, Lyndon46BCrystalDFL
Carruthers, Phil47BBrooklyn CenterDFL
Clark, Karen60AMinneapolisDFL
Clausnitzer, Dale48AMaple GroveIR
Cooper, Roger21BBird IslandDFL
Dauner, Marvin09BHawleyDFL
Dawkins, Andy65ASt. PaulDFL
DeBlieck, Norman R.27AMilroyDFL
Dempsey, Terry23ANew UlmIR
DeRaad, Dale L.30BWasecaIR
Dille, Steve21ADasselIR
Dorn, John24AMankatoDFL
Forsythe, Mary42BEdinaIR
Frederick, Sal24BMankatoIR
Frerichs, Don32ARochesterIR
Greenfield, Lee61AMinneapolisDFL
Gruenes, Dave17BSt. CloudIR
Gutknecht, Gil33ARochesterIR
Hartle, Dean30AOwatonnaIR
Haukoos, Bob31AAlbert LeaIR
Heap, Jim45BPlymouthIR
Himle, John41ABloomingtonIR
Hugoson, Gene29AGranadaIR
Jacobs, Joel49BCoon RapidsDFL
Jaros, Mike07BDuluthDFL
Jefferson, Jeff57BMinneapolisDFL
Jennings, Loren Geo19BHarrisDFL
Jensen, Robert C.36BLakevilleDFL
Johnson, Alice51ASpring Lake ParkDFL
Johnson, Bob04ABemidjiDFL
Johnson, Virgil34ACaledoniaIR
Kahn, Phyllis58BMinneapolisDFL
Kalis, Henry29BWaltersDFL
Kelly, Randy67ASt. PaulDFL
Kelso, Becky36AShakopeeDFL
Kinkel, Tony04BPark RapidsDFL
Kludt, Kenneth J.09AMoorheadDFL
Knickerbocker, Jerry43BMinnetonkaIR
Knuth, Daniel52BNew BrightonDFL
Kostohryz, Dick54BNorth St. PaulDFL
Krueger, Rick12BStaplesDFL
Larsen, Ernest A.50ARamseyDFL
Lasley, Harold19ACambridgeDFL
Lieder, Bernard02ACrookstonDFL
Long, Dee59AMinneapolisDFL
Marsh, Marcus M.17ASauk RapidsIR
McDonald, K. J.35BWatertownIR
McEachern, Bob22ASt. MichaelDFL
McKasy, Bert39AMendota HeightsIR
McLaughlin, Peter60BMinneapolisDFL
McPherson, Harriet55BStillwaterIR
Milbert, Bob39BSouth St. PaulDFL
Miller, Howard G.20BRedwood FallsIR
Minne, Lona05BHibbingDFL
Morrison, Connie38ABurnsvilleIR
Munger, Willard07ADuluthDFL
Murphy, Mary08AHermantownDFL
Nelson, Clair11BBarrettDFL
Nelson, Darby49AChamplinDFL
Nelson, Ken62AMinneapolisDFL
Neuenschwander, Bob03AInternational FallsDFL
Norton, Fred C.65ASt. PaulDFL
O'Connor, Rich66BSt. PaulDFL
Ogren, Paul Anders14AAitkinDFL
Olsen, Sally44ASaint Louis ParkIR
Olson, Edgar02BFosstonDFL
Olson, Katy28BSherburnDFL
Omann, Bernie16ASt. JosephIR
Onnen, Tony22BCokatoIR
Orenstein, Howard64BSt. PaulDFL
Osthoff, Tom66ASt. PaulDFL
Otis, Todd59BMinneapolisDFL
Ozment, Dennis37BRosemountIR
Pappas, Sandy65BSt. PaulDFL
Pauly, Sidney42AEden PrairieIR
Pelowski, Gene34BWinonaDFL
Peterson, J.P.18APrincetonDFL
Poppenhagen, Dennis10ADetroit LakesIR
Price, Leonard56AWoodburyDFL
Quinn, Joe50BCoon RapidsDFL
Quist, Allen23BSt. PeterIR
Redalen, Elton32BFountainIR
Reding, Leo31BAustinDFL
Rest, Ann46ANew HopeDFL
Rice, Jim57AMinneapolisDFL
Richter, Don12AWadenaIR
Riveness, Phil40BBloomingtonDFL
Rodosovich, Peter25BFaribaultDFL
Rose, John63ARosevilleIR
Rukavina, Tom05AVirginiaDFL
Sarna, John58AMinneapolisDFL
Schafer, Gary35AGibbonIR
Scheid, Linda47ABrooklyn ParkDFL
Schoenfeld, Jerry E.30BWasecaDFL
Schreiber, Bill48BBrooklyn ParkIR
Seaberg, Art38BEaganIR
Segal, Gloria44BSt. Louis ParkDFL
Shaver, Craig H.45AWayzataIR
Simoneau, Wayne51BFridleyDFL
Skoglund, Wes61BMinneapolisDFL
Solberg, Loren03BBoveyDFL
Sparby, Wally01BThief River FallsDFL
Stanius, Brad53BWhite Bear LakeIR
Steensma, Andy27BLuverneDFL
Sviggum, Steve26AKenyonIR
Swenson, Doug55AForest LakeIR
Thiede, Paul M.13APequot LakesIR
Tjornhom, Chris40ARichfieldIR
Tompkins, Eileen37AApple ValleyIR
Trimble, Steve67BSt. PaulDFL
Tunheim, Jim01AKennedyDFL
Uphus, Sylvester15ASauk CentreIR
Valento, Don54ALittle CanadaIR
Vanasek, Robert25ANew PragueDFL
Vellenga, Kathleen64ASt. PaulDFL
Voss, Gordon52ABlaineDFL
Wagenius, Jean62BMinneapolisDFL
Waltman, Bobby Joe26BElginIR
Welle, Alan15BWillmarDFL
Wenzel, Steve13BLittle FallsDFL
Winter, Ted28AFuldaDFL
Wynia, Ann63BSt. PaulDFL

Membership changes edit

Senate edit

DistrictVacated byReason for changeSuccessorDate successor
seated
04Gerald Willet
(DFL)
Resigned November 15, 1987, in order to accept appointment to the position of Commissioner to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.[8]Bob Decker
(IR)
November 16, 1987[9]
37Darril Wegscheid
(DFL)
Resigned January 1, 1989, in order to devote more time to his career.[10]Remained vacant

House of Representatives edit

DistrictVacated byReason for changeSuccessorDate successor
seated
65AFred C. Norton
(DFL)
Resigned June 25, 1987, in order to accept appointment to serve on the Minnesota Court of Appeals.[11]Andy Dawkins
(DFL)
November 12, 1987[12]
30BJerry E. Schoenfeld
(DFL)
Resigned September 2, 1987, to accept appointment as Director of the Rural Development Board in the Minnesota Department of Trade and Economic Development.[13]Dale L. DeRaad
(IR)
November 12, 1987[14]
63AJohn Rose
(IR)
Died in office July 19, 1988, following intestinal surgery at St. John's Northeast Hospital in Maplewood, Minnesota.[15]Remained vacant
52BDaniel Knuth
(DFL)
Resigned September 7, 1988, to accept appointment to a Deputy Chair position on the Minnesota Waste Management Board.[16]Remained vacant

Notes edit

  1. ^ Florian Chmielewski served as president pro tempore during the 1987 special session, because Senate President Jerome M. Hughes was absent.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Sessions of the Minnesota State Legislature and the Minnesota Territorial Legislature, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Party Control of the Minnesota Senate, 1951-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Party Control of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1951-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  4. ^ a b c "President and President Pro Tempore of the Minnesota Senate, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Majority and Minority Leaders of the Minnesota Senate, 1933-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  6. ^ a b "Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  7. ^ a b c "Majority and Minority Leaders of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1901-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  8. ^ "Willet, Gerald L." Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  9. ^ "Decker, Robert "Bob"". Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  10. ^ "Wegscheid, Darril". Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  11. ^ "Norton, Fred C." Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  12. ^ "Dawkins, Andrew J. "Andy"". Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  13. ^ "Schoenfeld, Jerry E." Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  14. ^ "DeRaad, Dale L." Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  15. ^ "Rose, John T." Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  16. ^ "Knuth, Daniel J. "Dan"". Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
Preceded by Seventy-fifth Minnesota Legislature
1987—1989
Succeeded by