93rd Wisconsin Legislature

The Ninety-Third Wisconsin Legislature convened from to in regular session, and also convened in an April 1998 special session.

This was the third consecutive session in which partisan control of the Senate changed during the legislative term.

Senators representing even-numbered districts were newly elected for this session and were serving the first two years of a four-year term. Assembly members were elected to a two-year term. Assembly members and even-numbered senators were elected in the general election of November 5, 1996. Senators representing odd-numbered districts were serving the third and fourth year of a four-year term, having been elected in the general election of November 8, 1994.

The governor of Wisconsin during this entire term was Republican Tommy Thompson, of Juneau County, serving the second two years of his third four-year term, having won re-election in the 1994 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.

Major events

• January 20, 1997: Second inauguration of Bill Clinton as President of the United States.
• January 26, 1997: The Green Bay Packers won Super Bowl XXXI.
• November 13, 1997: Wisconsin state senator Lynn Adelman was confirmed as United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
• September 10, 1998: Wisconsin Supreme Court justice Janine P. Geske resigned. Governor Tommy Thompson immediately appointed David Prosser Jr. to succeed her.
• November 3, 1998: 1998 United States general election:
• Tommy Thompson (R) re-elected Governor of Wisconsin, the first person to win four terms as governor of Wisconsin.
• Russ Feingold (D) re-elected United States senator from Wisconsin.
• Wisconsin voters ratified two amendments to the state constitution:
• Creating a right to keep and bear arms.
• Changing sheriff terms to four years, allowing sheriffs to hold other nonpartisan offices, and allowing the legislature to call special elections to fill sheriff vacancies.
• December 19, 1998: The United States House of Representatives voted to impeach U.S. President Bill Clinton for perjury and obstruction of justice.

Major legislation

• October 13, 1997: An Act relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 1997 legislature, and making appropriations, 1997 Act 27. Vetoed in part.

Party summary

Senate summary

Assembly summary

Sessions

• Regular session: January 6, 1997January 4, 1999
• Apr. 1998 special session: April 21, 1998May 21, 1998

Leadership

Senate leadership

• President of the Senate: Fred Risser (D–Madison)
• Brian Rude (R–Coon Valley)
• President pro tempore: Gwen Moore (D–Milwaukee)
• Alan Lasee (R–Rockland)

Senate majority leadership

• Majority Leader: Charles Chvala (D–Madison)
• Michael G. Ellis (R–Neenah)
• Assistant Majority Leader: Rodney C. Moen (D–Whitehall)
• Margaret Farrow (R–Elm Grove)

Senate minority leadership

• Minority Leader: Michael G. Ellis (R–Neenah)
• Charles Chvala (D–Madison)
• Assistant Minority Leader: Brian Rude (R–Coon Valley)
• Fred Risser (D–Madison)

Assembly leadership

• Speaker of the Assembly: Ben Brancel (R–Douglas)
• Scott R. Jensen (R–Waukesha)
• Speaker pro tempore: Stephen Freese (R–Jamestown)

Assembly majority leadership

• Majority Leader: Steven Foti (R–Oconomowoc)
• Assistant Majority Leader: Bonnie Ladwig (R–Caledonia)

Assembly minority leadership

• Minority Leader: Walter Kunicki (D–Milwaukee)
• Shirley Krug (D–Milwaukee)
• Assistant Minority Leader: Marlin Schneider (D–Wisconsin Rapids)

Members

Members of the Senate

Members of the Senate for the Ninety-Third Wisconsin Legislature:

Members of the Assembly

Members of the Assembly for the Ninety-Third Wisconsin Legislature:

Employees

Senate employees

• Chief Clerk: Donald J. Schneider
• Sergeant-at-Arms: Jon H. Hochkammer

Assembly employees

• Chief Clerk: Charles R. Sanders
• Sergeant-at-Arms: John A. Scocos

Notes

References

External links

• 1997: Related Documents from Wisconsin Legislature