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    • Legislative Time Capsule - 69th Legislature (1975-1976)

    Session Dates (All Sessions)

      Convened Adjourned Calendar Days Legislative Days - House Legislative Days - Senate
    1975
    		1/7/1975 5/19/1975 133 57 57
    1976
    		1/27/1976 4/7/1976 72 51 51

    Legislation (All Sessions)

      House - Bills Introduced Senate - Bills Introduced Laws Resolutions
    1975 1861 1782 437   Search 0
    1976 842 812 348   Search 2

    Other Information

    Vetoes (All Sessions)

      Full Bills Vetoed
    (including pockets)    		 Pocket Vetoes Bills with Line Item Vetoes [# of lines vetoed] TOTAL
    Full Bills Vetoed + Lines Vetoed    		 TOTAL
    Full Bills Vetoed + Bills with Lines Vetoed
    1975 1 0 0   [0] 1 1
    1976 4 0 0   [0] 4 4

    Leadership         

    Speaker of the House Martin Olav Sabo  (Democratic-Farmer-Labor)
    House Majority Leader Irvin N. Anderson  (Democratic-Farmer-Labor)
    House Minority Leader Henry J. Savelkoul  (Republican)
    President of the Senate Alec Gehard Olson  (Nonpartisan Election-Democratic-Farmer-Labor Caucus)
    Senate Majority Leader Nicholas D. Coleman  (Nonpartisan Election-Democratic-Farmer-Labor Caucus)
    Senate Minority Leader Robert O. Ashbach  (Nonpartisan Election-Independent Republican Caucus)

    Officers

    Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives Edward A. Burdick
    House Sergeant-at-Arms Harlan C. Christianson
    Secretary of the Senate Patrick E. Flahaven
    Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Eugene P. Daly

    Election Results

    - Selected election results are available at this page.

    Party Control of the House of Representatives (All Sessions)

    Date Event Note Total Seats C/R/IR L/DFL Other Margin
    1/7/1975 Convenes [Total seats possible = 134] 134 30 104 0 74
    1/7/1975 Special election Bruce Nelsen (R) won the special election for a House seat in District 12A on December 23, 1974. He was sworn in on January 7, 1975. 134 30 104 0 74
    1/27/1976 Convenes [Total seats possible = 134] 134 31 103 0 72
    C=Conservative  R=Republican  IR=Independent Republican  L=Liberal  DFL=Democratic-Farmer-Labor

    Party Control of the Senate (All Sessions)

    Date Event Note Total Seats C/R/IR L/DFL Other Margin
    1/7/1975 Convenes District 33 was vacant at the convening of the Legislature due to a resignation. [Total seats possible = 67] 66 27 38 1 10
    * Senator Charlie Berg is listed in the 1975-76 Legislative Manual as caucusing with the Independent Republican caucus. He is included with the Republicans for the purposes of the margin.
    1/7/1975 Special election Robert J. (Bob) Schmitz (DFL) won the special election for a Senate seat in District 36 on December 14, 1974. He was sworn in on January 7, 1975. 66 27 38 1 10
    * Senator Charlie Berg is listed in the 1975-76 Legislative Manual as caucusing with the Independent Republican caucus. He is included with the Republicans for the purposes of the margin.
    1/7/1975 Special election Eugene Merriam (DFL) won the special election for a Senate seat in District 47 on November 5, 1974. He was sworn in on January 7, 1975. 66 27 38 1 10
    * Senator Charlie Berg is listed in the 1975-76 Legislative Manual as caucusing with the Independent Republican caucus. He is included with the Republicans for the purposes of the margin.
    1/7/1975 Special election Peter Stumpf (DFL) won the special election for a Senate seat in District 64 on November 5, 1974. He was sworn in on January 7, 1975. 66 27 38 1 10
    * Senator Charlie Berg is listed in the 1975-76 Legislative Manual as caucusing with the Independent Republican caucus. He is included with the Republicans for the purposes of the margin.
    2/10/1975 Special election Nancy Brataas (R) won the special election for a Senate seat in District 33 on February 1, 1975. She was sworn in on February 10, 1975. 67 28 38 1 9
    * Senator Charlie Berg is listed in the 1975-76 Legislative Manual as caucusing with the Independent Republican caucus. He is included with the Republicans for the purposes of the margin.
    1/27/1976 Convenes [Total seats possible = 67] 67 28 38 1 10
    * Senator Charlie Berg is listed in the 1975-76 Legislative Manual as caucusing with the Independent Republican caucus. He is included with the Republicans for the purposes of the margin.
    11/2/1976 Election 67 18 49 0 31
    12/29/1976 Resignation Sen. Alec Olson (DFL, 21) resigned to become lieutenant governor. 66 18 48 0 30
    C=Conservative  R=Republican  IR=Independent Republican  L=Liberal  DFL=Democratic-Farmer-Labor

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