72nd Minnesota Legislature

The seventy-second Minnesota Legislature first convened on January 6, 1981. 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, 1980.

Seventy-second Minnesota Legislature
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Overview
Legislative bodyMinnesota Legislature
JurisdictionMinnesota, United States
Meeting placeMinnesota State Capitol
TermJanuary 6, 1981 (1981-01-06) – January 4, 1983 (1983-01-04)
Websitewww.leg.state.mn.us
Minnesota State Senate
Members67 Senators
PresidentJohn T. Davies
Majority LeaderRoger Moe
Minority LeaderRobert O. Ashbach
Party controlDemocratic-Farmer-Labor Party
Minnesota House of Representatives
Members134 Representatives
SpeakerHarry A. Sieben
Majority LeaderWillis Eken
Minority LeaderGlen Sherwood,
David M. Jennings
Party controlDemocratic-Farmer-Labor Party

Sessions

The legislature met in a regular session from January 6, 1981, to May 18, 1981. Three special sessions were also convened in 1981. The first of these special sessions was convened on June 6 to consider the state budget, appropriations, and a tax bill. The second of the special sessions was convened on July 1 and July 2 to consider a short-term borrowing law and to correct errors in the laws enacted during the regular session. The third special session of 1981 was convened from December 1, 1981, to January 18, 1982, to consider reducing appropriations.[1]

A continuation of the regular session was held between January 12, 1982, and March 19, 1982. Three additional special sessions were also held in 1982. The first of these special sessions was convened on March 30 to consider changes to the state's unemployment and workers' compensation laws. The second was convened on July 9 to consider authorizing Albert Lea to spend federal revenue sharing funds, and to consider providing employment aid to the Iron Range from the Northeast Minnesota Economic Protection Fund. The final special session of the 72nd Minnesota Legislature met from December 7, 1982, to December 10, 1982, and considered reductions in appropriations, reducing employer and increasing employee contributions to various retirement funds, adding two members to the investment advisory board, and so forth.[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 IR
End of previous Legislature 44 21 65 2
Begin 45 22 67 0
April 10, 1981 44 66 1
May 15, 1981 23 67 0
Latest voting share 66% 34%
Beginning of the next Legislature 42 25 67 0

House of Representatives
Party[3]
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
 Total Vacant
DFL IR
End of previous Legislature 67 66 133 1
Begin 70 64 134 0
June 1, 1981 63 133 1
July 17, 1981 64 134 0
Latest voting share 52% 48%
Beginning of the next Legislature 77 57 134 0

Leadership

Senate
President of the Senate
John T. Davies (DFL-Minneapolis)[4]
Senate Majority Leader
Roger Moe (DFL-Ada)[5]
Senate Minority Leader
Robert O. Ashbach (IR-St. Paul)[5]

House of Representatives
Speaker of the House
Harry A. Sieben (DFL-Hastings)[6]
House Majority Leader
Willis Eken (DFL-Twin Valley)[7]
House Minority Leader
Until February 1982 Glen Sherwood (IR-Pine River)[nb 1][7]
From February 1982 David M. Jennings (IR-Truman)[7]

Members

Senate
Name District City Party
Ashbach, Robert O. 48 St. Paul IR
Bang, Otto T. 39 Edina IR
Belanger, William 38 Bloomington IR
Benson, Duane 35 Lanesboro IR
Berg, Charlie 15 Chokio IR
Berglin, Linda 59 Minneapolis DFL
Bernhagen, John 22 Hutchinson IR
Bertram, Joe 16 Paynesville DFL
Brataas, Nancy 33 Rochester IR
Chmielewski, Florian 14 Sturgeon Lake DFL
Dahl, Gregory 49 White Bear Lake DFL
Davies, John T. 60 Minneapolis DFL
Davis, Chuck 18 Princeton DFL
Dicklich, Ron 05 Hibbing DFL
Dieterich, Neil 62 St. Paul DFL
Engler, Steven 25 Randolph IR
Frank, Don 46 Spring Lake Park DFL
Frederick, Mel 32 West Concord IR
Frederickson, Dennis 28 New Ulm IR
Hanson, Marv 01 Hallock DFL
Hughes, Jerome M. 50 Maplewood DFL
Humphrey, Skip 44 New Hope DFL
Johnson, Doug 06 Tower DFL
Kamrath, Randy P. 20 Canby IR
Keefe, John B. 40 Hopkins IR
Knoll, Franklin J. 61 Minneapolis DFL
Knutson, Howard A. 53 Burnsville IR
Kroening, Carl 54 Minneapolis DFL
Kronebusch, Patricia Louise 34 Rollingstone IR
Langseth, Keith 09 Glyndon DFL
Lantry, Marilyn 67 St. Paul DFL
Lessard, Bob 03 International Falls DFL
Lindgren, Steven O. 37 Richfield IR
Luther, Bill 45 Brooklyn Park DFL
Menning, Mike 26 Edgerton DFL
Merriam, Gene 47 Coon Rapids DFL
Moe, Donald 65 St. Paul DFL
Moe, Roger 02 Ada DFL
Nelson, Tom A. 31 Austin DFL
Nichols, James W. 20 Lake Benton DFL
Olhoft, Wayne 11 Herman DFL
Pehler, Jim 17 St. Cloud DFL
Penny, Tim 30 New Richland DFL
Peterson, Collin Clark 10 Detroit Lakes DFL
Peterson, Darrel L. 27 Fairmont IR
Peterson, Randolph W. 19 Wyoming DFL
Petty, Eric D. 58 Minneapolis DFL
Pillsbury, George Sturgis 42 Wayzata IR
Purfeerst, Clarence 24 Faribault DFL
Ramstad, Jim 43 Plymouth IR
Renneke, Earl 23 Le Sueur IR
Rued, David E. 13 Aitkin IR
Schmitz, Robert J. 36 Jordan DFL
Setzepfandt, A. O.H. 21 Bird Island DFL
Sieloff, Ron 63 St. Paul IR
Sikorski, Gerry 51 Stillwater DFL
Solon, Sam 07 Duluth DFL
Spear, Allan 57 Minneapolis DFL
Stern, Irving M. 41 St. Louis Park DFL
Stokowski, Anne K. 55 Minneapolis DFL
Stumpf, Jr., Peter P. 64 St. Paul DFL
Taylor, Glen 29 Mankato IR
Tennessen, Robert J. 56 Minneapolis DFL
Ulland, James E. 08 Duluth IR
Vega, Conrad 52 South St. Paul DFL
Waldorf, Gene 66 St. Paul DFL
Wegener, Myrton O. 12 Bertha DFL
Willet, Gerald 04 Park Rapids DFL

House of Representatives
Name District City Party
Aasness, Paul D. 11A Wendell IR
Ainley, Jr., John A. 04A Park Rapids IR
Anderson, Bob 10B Ottertail IR
Anderson, Bruce W. 26A Slayton DFL
Anderson, Glen H. 15B Bellingham DFL
Anderson, Irvin N. 03A International Falls DFL
Battaglia, David Peter 06B Two Harbors DFL
Begich, Joseph 06A Eveleth DFL
Berkelman, Thomas R. 08B Duluth DFL
Blatz, Kathleen 38A Bloomington IR
Brandl, John 61A Minneapolis DFL
Brinkman, Bernard J. 16B Richmond DFL
Byrne, Margaret Mary 64B St. Paul DFL
Carlson, Doug 14A Sandstone IR
Carlson, Lyndon 44A Crystal DFL
Clark, Janet H. 60A Minneapolis DFL
Clark, Karen 59A Minneapolis DFL
Clawson, John T. 19A Center City DFL
Dahlvang, George C. 54A Minneapolis DFL
Dean, William D. 58A Minneapolis IR
Dempsey, Terry 28B New Ulm IR
Den Ouden, Gaylin 21B Prinsburg IR
Drew, John 63B St. Paul IR
Eken, Willis 02B Twin Valley DFL
Elioff, Dominic J. 05A Virginia DFL
Ellingson, Robert L. 45B Brooklyn Center DFL
Erickson, Wendell O. 26B Hills IR
Esau, Gilbert D. 28A Mountain Lake IR
Evans, James 10A Detroit Lakes IR
Ewald, Douglas R. 40A Minnetonka IR
Fjoslien, David O. 11B Brandon IR
Forsythe, Mary 39A Edina IR
Frerichs, Don 32B Rochester IR
Friedrich, Donald L. 32B Rochester IR
Greenfield, Lee 57B Minneapolis DFL
Gruenes, Dave 17B St. Cloud IR
Gustafson, Ben E. 07B Duluth DFL
Halberg, Chuck 53B Burnsville IR
Hanson, Walter R. 62B St. Paul DFL
Harens, Thomas J. 65B St. Paul DFL
Hauge, Earl 15A Glenwood DFL
Haukoos, Bob 31A Albert Lea IR
Heap, Jim 43B Robbinsdale IR
Heinitz, Orlando Jacob 43A Plymouth IR
Himle, John 39B Bloomington IR
Hoberg, Dwaine 09A Moorhead IR
Hokanson, Shirley A. 37A Richfield DFL
Hokr, Dorothy 44B New Hope IR
Jacobs, Joel 47A Coon Rapids DFL
Jennings, David M. 27B Truman IR
Johnson, Carl M. 23B St. Peter DFL
Johnson, Dean 21A Willmar IR
Jude, Tad 42A Mound DFL
Kahn, Phyllis 57A Minneapolis DFL
Kaley, John R. 33A Rochester IR
Kalis, Henry 30A Walters DFL
Kelly, Randy 66B St. Paul DFL
Knickerbocker, Jerry 40B Minnetonka IR
Kostohryz, Dick 50B North St. Paul DFL
Laidig, Gary 51A Stillwater IR
Lehto, Arlene Ione 08A Duluth DFL
Lemen, Robert N. 03B Grand Rapids IR
Kvam, Adolph Leonard 22A Litchfield IR
Levi, Connie 50A Dellwood IR
Long, Dee 56B Minneapolis DFL
Ludeman, Cal 20B Tracy IR
Luknic, Marsha Johnson 24B Faribault IR
Mann, George 27A Windom DFL
Marsh, Marcus M. 17A Sauk Rapids IR
McCarron, Paul 46A Spring Lake Park DFL
McDonald, K. J. 36A Watertown IR
McEachern, Bob 18B St. Michael DFL
Mehrkens, Lyle 25B Red Wing IR
Metzen, James P. 52A South St. Paul DFL
Minne, Lona 05B Hibbing DFL
Munger, Willard 07A Duluth DFL
Murphy, Mary 14B Hermantown DFL
Nelsen, Bruce G. 12A Staples IR
Nelson, Ken 59B Minneapolis DFL
Niehaus, Sr., Joseph T. 16A Sauk Centre IR
Norton, Fred C. 65A St. Paul DFL
Novak, Steve 48A New Brighton DFL
Nysether, Myron E. 01A Roseau IR
O'Connor, Rich 66A St. Paul DFL
Ogren, Paul Anders 13B Aitkin DFL
Olsen, Sally 41A Saint Louis Park IR
Onnen, Tony 22B Cokato IR
Osthoff, Tom 64A St. Paul DFL
Otis, Todd 58B Minneapolis DFL
Peterson, Bill 38B Bloomington IR
Peterson, Donna C. 60B Minneapolis DFL
Piepho, Mark J. 29A Mankato IR
Pogemiller, Larry 55A Minneapolis DFL
Redalen, Elton 35A Fountain IR
Reding, Leo John 31B Austin DFL
Rees, Tom 36B Elko IR
Reif, Robert W. 49B White Bear Lake IR
Rice, Jim 54B Minneapolis DFL
Rodriguez, Carolyn Jane 53A Apple Valley DFL
Rodriguez, Frank J. 67A St. Paul DFL
Rose, John 48B Roseville IR
Rothenberg, Elliot C. 41B St. Louis Park IR
Samuelson, Donald B. 13A Brainerd DFL
Sarna, John 55B Minneapolis DFL
Schafer, Gary 23A Gibbon IR
Schoenfeld, Jerry E. 30B Waseca DFL
Schreiber, Bill 45A Brooklyn Park IR
Searles, Robert L. 42B Wayzata IR
Shea, Tom J. 32A Owatonna DFL
Sherman, Tim 34B Winona IR
Sherwood, Glen A. 04B Pine River IR
Sieben, Harry A. 52B Hastings DFL
Sieben, Michael R. 51B Newport DFL
Simoneau, Wayne 46B Fridley DFL
Skoglund, Wes 61B Minneapolis DFL
Stadum, Tony 02A Ada IR
Staten, Sr., Randolph Wilbert 56A Minneapolis DFL
Stowell, Warren 34A Lewiston IR
Stumpf, LeRoy A. 01B Plummer DFL
Sviggum, Steve 25A Kenyon IR
Swanson, James C. 37B Richfield DFL
Tomlinson, John D. 67B St. Paul DFL
Valan, Merlyn Orville 09B Moorhead IR
Valento, Don 49A Little Canada IR
Vanasek, Robert 24A New Prague DFL
Vellenga, Kathleen 63A St. Paul DFL
Voss, Gordon 47B Blaine DFL
Weaver, John L. 19B Anoka IR
Welch, Richard J. 18A Cambridge DFL
Welker, Ray 20A Montevideo IR
Wenzel, Steve 12B Little Falls DFL
Wieser, Jr., Al W. 35B La Crescent IR
Wigley, Richard E. 29B Lake Crystal IR
Wynia, Ann 62A St. Paul DFL
Zubay, Kenneth Peter 33B Rochester IR

Membership changes

Senate
District Vacated by Reason for change Successor Date successor
seated
20 James W. Nichols
(DFL)		 Resigned April 10, 1981, citing the needs of his family and farm.[9] Randy P. Kamrath
(IR)		 May 15, 1981[10]

House of Representatives
District Vacated by Reason for change Successor Date successor
seated
32B Donald L. Friedrich
(IR)		 Appointed to other office circa June 1, 1981.[11] Don Frerichs
(IR)		 July 17, 1981[12]

Notes
  1. Although he retained his seat in the House of Representatives, Glen Sherwood resigned as the House Minority Leader in February 1982, in order to (unsuccessfully) run for the Independent Republican nomination for Governor of Minnesota in that year's gubernatorial election.[8]

References
  1. "Sessions of the Minnesota State Legislature and the Minnesota Territorial Legislature, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  2. "Party Control of the Minnesota Senate, 1951-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  3. "Party Control of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1951-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  4. "President and President Pro Tempore of the Minnesota Senate, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  5. "Majority and Minority Leaders of the Minnesota Senate, 1933-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  6. "Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  7. "Majority and Minority Leaders of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1901-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 5 November 2016.
  8. "Sherwood, Glen A." Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  9. "Nichols, James W. "Jim"". Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  10. "Kamrath, Randy P." Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  11. "Friedrich, Donald L. "Don"". Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  12. "Frerichs, Donald L. "Don"". Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
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