69th Minnesota Legislature

1975 to 1976 legislative session

Sixty-ninth Minnesota Legislature

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Overview
Legislative body| Minnesota Legislature
Jurisdiction| Minnesota, United States
Meeting place| Minnesota State Capitol
Term| January 7, 1975 (1975-01-07) – January 3, 1977 (1977-01-03)
Website| www.leg.state.mn.us
Minnesota State Senate
Members| 67 Senators
President| Alec G. Olson
Majority Leader| Nicholas D. Coleman
Minority Leader| Robert O. Ashbach
Party control| Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party
Minnesota House of Representatives
Members| 134 Representatives
Speaker| Martin O. Sabo
Majority Leader| Irvin N. Anderson
Minority Leader| Henry J. Savelkoul
Party control| Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party

The sixty-ninth Minnesota Legislature first convened on January 7, 1975. The 67 members of the Minnesota Senate were elected during the General Election of November 7, 1972, while the 134 members of the Minnesota House of Representatives were elected during the General Election of November 5, 1974. The sixty-ninth Legislature was the first Minnesota Legislature to sit after the repeal of the requirement that Minnesota legislators be chosen in legally nonpartisan elections.

## Sessions

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The legislature met in a regular session from January 7, 1975 to May 19, 1975. A continuation of the regular session was held between January 27, 1976 and April 7, 1976. There were no special sessions of the 69th Legislature.[1]

## Party summary

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

### Senate

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| Party[2]

(Shading indicates majority caucus)

| Total  | Vacant

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DFL | Ind. | R
End of previous Legislature | 38  | 1  | 27  | 66  | 1
Begin  | 38  | 1  | 27  | 66  | 1
February 10, 1975  | 28  | 67  | 0
December 29, 1976  | 37  | 66  | 1
Latest voting share  | 56%  | 2%  | 42%  |
Beginning of the next Legislature | 48  | 0  | 18  | 66  | 1

### House of Representatives

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| Party[3]

(Shading indicates majority caucus)

| Total  | Vacant

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DFL | R
End of previous Legislature | 78  | 56  | 134  | 0
Begin  | 104  | 30  | 134  | 0
January 27, 1976  | 103  | 31
Latest voting share  | 77%  | 23%  |
Beginning of the next Legislature | 104  | 30  | 134  | 0

## Leadership

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### Senate

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President of the Senate
Alec G. Olson (DFL-Spicer)[4]

Senate Majority Leader
Nicholas D. Coleman (DFL-Saint Paul)[5]

Senate Minority Leader
Robert O. Ashbach (R-Saint Paul)[5]

### House of Representatives

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Speaker of the House
Martin O. Sabo (DFL-Minneapolis)[6]

House Majority Leader
Irvin N. Anderson (DFL-International Falls)[7]

House Minority Leader
Henry J. Savelkoul (R-Albert Lea)[7]

## Members

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### Senate

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### House of Representatives

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## Membership changes

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### Senate

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District  | Vacated by  | Reason for change  | Successor  | Date successor
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33  | None | Incumbent Conservative/Republican Harold G. Krieger was elected to the office of district court judge of Olmsted County in the General Election of 1974, and was hence forced to resign from the Senate. The exact date of Krieger's resignation is unknown, but was prior to the convention of the 69th Legislature, and hence this seat was already vacant when the 69th Legislature convened.  | Nancy Brataas
(IR)  | February 10, 1975[8]
21  | Alec G. Olson
(DFL)  | Incumbent DFLer and then-Senate President Alec G. Olson had been reelected during the General Election of 1976. However, during the same election cycle, U.S. Senator Walter Mondale was elected Vice President of the United States, causing Mondale to resign from the U.S. Senate. Governor Wendell Anderson proceeded to appoint himself to Mondale's vacated seat, which caused Lieutenant Governor Rudy Perpich to succeed to the office of Governor, and hence created a vacancy in the office of Lieutenant Governor. As per the provisions of the Minnesota Constitution, Olson, as the last-elected President of the Senate, then succeeded to the office of Lieutenant Governor, causing him to automatically resign his seat in the Minnesota Senate effective December 29, 1976. Thus, this seat was still vacant when the 70th Legislature convened.  | Remained vacant

## References

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1. ^ "Sessions of the Minnesota State Legislature and the Minnesota Territorial Legislature, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 11, 2017.
2. ^ "Party Control of the Minnesota Senate, 1951-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
3. ^ "Party Control of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1951-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
4. ^ "President and President Pro Tempore of the Minnesota Senate, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
5. ^ a b "Majority and Minority Leaders of the Minnesota Senate, 1933-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
6. ^ "Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1849-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
7. ^ a b "Majority and Minority Leaders of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1901-present". Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
8. ^ "Brataas, Nancy". Legislators Past & Present. Minnesota Legislative Reference Library. Retrieved November 12, 2017.

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