75th Minnesota Legislature explained

Seventy-fifth Minnesota Legislature
Membership1:67 Senators
Membership2:134 Representatives

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.

Sessions

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

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

Senate

Party[2]

(Shading indicates majority caucus)

TotalVacant
DFLIR
End of previous Legislature4324670
Begin4720670
November 15, 1987 <--Gerald Willet appointed director of Minnesota Pollution Control Agency--> rowspan="2" 46661
November 16, 1987 <--Bob Decker fills Gerlad Willet's vacated seat-->21670
January 1, 1989 <--Darril Wegscheid resigns to devote time to career-->45661
Latest voting share
Beginning of the next Legislature4423670

House of Representatives

Party[3]

(Shading indicates majority caucus)

TotalVacant
DFLIR
End of previous Legislature65671322
Begin83511340
June 25, 1987 <--Fred Norton appointed to Court of Appeals-->821331
September 2, 1987 <--Jerry Schoenfeld appointed director, Rural Development Board-->811322
November 12, 1987 <--Andy Dawkins and Dale DeRaad fill Fred Norton's and Jerry Schoenfeld's vacated seats, respectively--> rowspan="2" 82521340
July 19, 1988 <--John Rose dies in office-->511331
September 7, 1988 <--Dan Knuth takes job at Waste Management Board-->811322
Latest voting share
Beginning of the next Legislature81531340

Leadership

Senate

President of the Senate
  • Jerome M. Hughes (DFL-Maplewood)[4]
    President pro tempore
  • 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

    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

    Senate

    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

    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

    Senate

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

    House of Representatives

    DistrictVacated byReason for changeSuccessorDate successor
    seated
    65Anowrap Fred C. Norton
    (DFL)    		Resigned June 25, 1987, in order to accept appointment to serve on the Minnesota Court of Appeals.[11] nowrap Andy Dawkins
    (DFL)    		November 12, 1987[12]
    30Bnowrap Jerry 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] nowrap Dale L. DeRaad
    (IR)    		November 12, 1987[14]
    63Anowrap John Rose
    (IR)    		Died in office July 19, 1988, following intestinal surgery at St. John's Northeast Hospital in Maplewood, Minnesota.[15] Remained vacant
    52Bnowrap Daniel Knuth
    (DFL)    		Resigned September 7, 1988, to accept appointment to a Deputy Chair position on the Minnesota Waste Management Board.[16] Remained vacant

    Notes

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

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