74th Minnesota Legislature

Seventy-fourth Minnesota Legislature
73rd Minnesota Legislature 75th Minnesota Legislature
Legislative body Minnesota Legislature
Jurisdiction Minnesota, United States
Meeting place Minnesota State Capitol
Term January 8, 1985 (1985-01-08) – January 6, 1987 (1987-01-06)
Website www.leg.state.mn.us
Minnesota State Senate
Members 67 Senators
President of the Senate Jerome M. Hughes
Senate Majority Leader Roger Moe
Senate Minority Leader James E. Ulland,
Glen Taylor
Party control Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
Minnesota House of Representatives
Members 134 Representatives
Speaker of the House David M. Jennings
House Majority Leader Connie Levi
House Minority Leader Fred C. Norton
Party control Independent-Republican Party

The seventy-fourth Minnesota Legislature first convened on January 8, 1985. The 67 members of the Minnesota Senate were elected during the General Election of November 2, 1982, and the 134 members of the Minnesota House of Representatives were elected during the General Election of November 6, 1984.

Sessions

The legislature met in a regular session from January 8, 1985 to May 20, 1985. A special session was convened from June 19, 1985 to June 21, 1985, to consider legislation regarding taxes, appropriations and the state budget, education, the operation of state and local governments, and major bills not passed during the regular session.[1]

A continuation of the regular session was held between February 3, 1986 and March 21, 1986. A special session was convened on April 2, 1986 to complete action on the state budget, and bills relating to state revenue and farm loan guarantees.[1]

Party summary

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

Senate

Party[2]
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total Vacant
DFL Ind IR
End of previous Legislature 42 0 25 67 0
Begin 42 0 25 67 0
January 9, 1985 24 66 1
February 11, 1985 25 67 0
March 7, 1985 1[nb 1] 24
May 1986 43[nb 1] 0
Latest voting share 64% 0% 36%
Beginning of the next Legislature 47 0 20 67 0

House of Representatives

Party[4]
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
Total Vacant
DFL IR
End of previous Legislature 76 58 134 0
Begin 65 69 134 0
November 19, 1986 68 133 1
December 5, 1986 67 132 2
Latest voting share 49% 50%
Beginning of the next Legislature 83 51 134 0

Leadership

Senate

President of the Senate
Jerome M. Hughes (DFL-Maplewood)[5]
Senate Majority Leader
Roger Moe (DFL-Erskine)[6]
Senate Minority Leader
Until January 9, 1985 James E. Ulland (IR-Duluth)[6]
After January 9, 1985 Glen Taylor (IR-Mankato)[6]

House of Representatives

Speaker of the House
David M. Jennings (IR-Truman)[7]
House Majority Leader
Connie Levi (IR-Dellwood)[8]
House Minority Leader
Fred C. Norton (DFL-St. Paul)[8]

Members

Senate

Name District City Party
Adkins, Betty 22 St. Michael DFL
Anderson, Don A. 12 Wadena IR
Belanger, William 41 Bloomington IR
Benson, Duane 32 Lanesboro IR
Berg, Charlie[nb 1] 11 Chokio DFL
Berglin, Linda 60 Minneapolis DFL
Bernhagen, John 21 Hutchinson IR
Bertram, Joe 16 Paynesville DFL
Brataas, Nancy 33 Rochester IR
Chmielewski, Florian 14 Sturgeon Lake DFL
Dahl, Gregory 50 Coon Rapids DFL
Davis, Chuck 18 Princeton DFL
DeCramer, Gary 27 Ghent DFL
Dicklich, Ron 05 Hibbing DFL
Diessner, Bill 56 Afton DFL
Dieterich, Neil 63 St. Paul DFL
Frank, Don 51 Spring Lake Park DFL
Frederick, Mel 30 Owatonna IR
Frederickson, Dennis 23 New Ulm IR
Freeman, Michael O. 40 Richfield DFL
Gustafson, Jim 08 Duluth IR
Hughes, Jerome M. 54 Maplewood DFL
Isackson, Doran L. 28 Storden IR
Johnson, Dean 15 Willmar IR
Johnson, Doug 06 Tower DFL
Jude, Tad 48 Maple Grove DFL
Kamrath, Randy P. 20 Canby IR
Knaak, Fritz 53 White Bear Lake IR
Knutson, Howard A. 38 Burnsville IR
Kroening, Carl 57 Minneapolis DFL
Kronebusch, Patricia Louise 34 Rollingstone IR
Laidig, Gary 55 Stillwater IR
Langseth, Keith 09 Glyndon DFL
Lantry, Marilyn 67 St. Paul DFL
Lessard, Bob 03 International Falls DFL
Luther, Bill 47 Brooklyn Park DFL
McQuaid, Phyllis W. 44 Saint Louis Park IR
Mehrkens, Lyle 26 Red Wing IR
Merriam, Gene 49 Coon Rapids DFL
Moe, Donald 65 St. Paul DFL
Moe, Roger 02 Erskine DFL
Nelson, Tom A. 31 Austin DFL
Novak, Steve 52 New Brighton DFL
Olson, Gen 43 Minnetrista IR
Pehler, Jim 17 St. Cloud DFL
Peterson, Collin Clark 10 Detroit Lakes DFL
Peterson, Darrel L. 29 Fairmont IR
Peterson, Donna 61 Minneapolis DFL
Peterson, Randolph W. 19 Wyoming DFL
Petty, Eric D. 62 Minneapolis DFL
Pogemiller, Larry 58 Minneapolis DFL
Purfeerst, Clarence 25 Faribault DFL
Ramstad, Jim 45 Minnetonka IR
Reichgott Junge, Ember 46 New Hope DFL
Renneke, Earl 35 Le Sueur IR
Samuelson, Don 13 Brainerd DFL
Schmitz, Robert J. 36 Jordan DFL
Sieloff, Ron 64 St. Paul IR
Solon, Sam 07 Duluth DFL
Spear, Allan 59 Minneapolis DFL
Storm, Don 42 Edina IR
Stumpf, LeRoy 01 Thief River Falls DFL
Taylor, Glen 24 Mankato IR
Ulland, James E. 08 Duluth IR
Vega, Conrad 39 South St. Paul DFL
Waldorf, Gene 66 St. Paul DFL
Wegscheid, Darril 37 Apple Valley DFL
Willet, Gerald 04 Park Rapids DFL

Membership changes

Senate

District Vacator Reason for change Successor Date successor
seated
08 James E. Ulland
(IR)
Resigned January 9, 1985, to become the Senior Vice President for First Bank System.[9] Jim Gustafson
(IR)
February 11, 1985[10]

House of Representatives

District Vacator Reason for change Successor Date successor
seated
16A Ben Omann
(IR)
Died November 19, 1986 of cancer at a hospital in St. Cloud, Minnesota.[11] Remained vacant
28A Carol Dyke
(IR)
Resigned December 5, 1986, to move to Sioux Falls, South Dakota following the defeat of her re-election bid in the General Election of 1986.[12] Remained vacant

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Previously an Independent-Republican, Charlie Berg became an Independent on March 7, 1985, and joined the DFL in May 1986.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Sessions of the Minnesota State Legislature and the Minnesota Territorial Legislature, 1849-present.". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  2. "Party Control of the Minnesota Senate, 1951-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  3. "Berg, Charles A.". Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  4. "Party Control of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1951-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  5. "President and President Pro Tempore of the Minnesota Senate, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 "Majority and Minority Leaders of the Minnesota Senate, 1933-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  7. "Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  8. 1 2 "Majority and Minority Leaders of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1901-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  9. "Ulland, James E. "Jim"". Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  10. "Gustafson, James "Jim"". Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  11. "Omann, Sr., Bernard P. "Ben"". Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  12. "Dyke, Carol". Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 17 May 2015.

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Preceded by
Seventy-third Minnesota Legislature
Seventy-fourth Minnesota Legislature
1985—1987
Succeeded by
Seventy-fifth Minnesota Legislature
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