{{Short description|1975 to 1976 legislative session}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox legislative session | name = Sixty-ninth Minnesota Legislature | image = Minnesota State Capitol.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = | body = Minnesota Legislature | country = United States | state = Minnesota | meeting_place = Minnesota State Capitol | election = | government = | term_start = {{Start date|1975|01|07}} | term_end = {{End date|1977|01|03}} | before = 68th Minnesota Legislature | after = 70th Minnesota Legislature | website = {{URL|www.leg.state.mn.us/}} | chamber1 = Minnesota State Senate | membership1 = 67 Senators | control1 = Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party | chamber1_leader1_type = President | chamber1_leader1 = Alec G. Olson | chamber1_leader2_type = Majority Leader | chamber1_leader2 = Nicholas D. Coleman | chamber1_leader3_type = Minority Leader | chamber1_leader3 = Robert O. Ashbach | chamber1_leader4_type = | chamber1_leader4 = | chamber1_leader5_type = | chamber1_leader5 = | chamber2 = Minnesota House of Representatives | membership2 = 134 Representatives | control2 = Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party | chamber2_leader1_type = Speaker | chamber2_leader1 = Martin O. Sabo | chamber2_leader2_type = Majority Leader | chamber2_leader2 = Irvin N. Anderson | chamber2_leader3_type = Minority Leader | chamber2_leader3 = Henry J. Savelkoul | chamber2_leader4_type = | chamber2_leader4 = | chamber2_leader5_type = | chamber2_leader5 = | session1_start = | session1_end = }} 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 == 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.<ref name="sessions">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/sessions.aspx|title=Sessions of the Minnesota State Legislature and the Minnesota Territorial Legislature, 1849-present.|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=11 November 2017}}</ref>
== Party summary == :''Resignations and new members are discussed in the "Membership changes" section, below.''
=== Senate === {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" |- style="vertical-align:bottom;" ! rowspan=3 | ! colspan=3 | Party<ref name="party_control_senate">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/caucus.aspx?body=s|title=Party Control of the Minnesota Senate, 1951-present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=12 November 2017}}</ref> <div style="font-size:80%">(Shading indicates majority caucus)</div> ! rowspan=3 | Total ! rowspan=3 | Vacant |- style="height:5px" | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (United States)}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | |- ! DFL ! Ind. ! R |- ! style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%;"| End of previous Legislature | {{party shading/Minnesota Nonpartisan Liberal}} | 38 | 1 | 27 ! 66 | 1 |- | colspan=5 | |- ! style="font-size:80%" | Begin | rowspan=2 {{party shading/Democratic}} | 38 | rowspan=3 | 1 | 27 ! 66 | 1 |- ! style="font-size:80%" | February 10, 1975 <!--Nancy Brataas takes office--> | rowspan=2 | 28 ! 67 | 0 |- ! style="font-size:80%" | December 29, 1976 <!--Alec Olson becomes lieutenant governor--> | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 37 ! 66 | 1 |- ! Latest voting share ! {{percentage|37|66|0}} ! {{percentage|1|66|0}} ! {{percentage|28|66|0}} ! colspan=2 | |- | colspan=4 | |- ! style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%;"| Beginning of the next Legislature | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 48 | 0 | 18 ! 66 | 1 |}
=== House of Representatives === {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" |- style="vertical-align:bottom;" ! rowspan=3 | ! colspan=2 | Party<ref name="party_control_house">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/caucus.aspx?body=h|title=Party Control of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1951-present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=8 November 2017}}</ref> <div style="font-size:80%">(Shading indicates majority caucus)</div> ! rowspan=3 | Total ! rowspan=3 | Vacant |- style="height:5px" | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | |- ! DFL ! R |- ! style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%;"| End of previous Legislature | {{party shading/Minnesota Nonpartisan Liberal}} | 78 | 56 ! 134 | 0 |- | colspan=5 | |- ! style="font-size:80%" | Begin | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 104 | 30 ! rowspan=2 | 134 | rowspan=2 | 0 |- ! style="font-size:80%" | January 27, 1976 <!--Someone changed parties before continuation of the regular session?--> | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 103 | 31 |- ! Latest voting share ! {{percentage|103|134|0}} ! {{percentage|31|134|0}} ! colspan=2 | |- | colspan=5 | |- ! style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%;"| Beginning of the next Legislature | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 104 | 30 ! 134 | 0 |}
== Leadership == === Senate === ;President of the Senate :Alec G. Olson (DFL-Spicer)<ref name="spres">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/spres.aspx|title=President and President Pro Tempore of the Minnesota Senate, 1849-present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=12 November 2017}}</ref>
;Senate Majority Leader :Nicholas D. Coleman (DFL-Saint Paul)<ref name="smajmin">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/smajmin.aspx|title=Majority and Minority Leaders of the Minnesota Senate, 1933-present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=12 November 2017}}</ref>
;Senate Minority Leader :Robert O. Ashbach (R-Saint Paul)<ref name="smajmin"/>
=== House of Representatives === ;Speaker of the House :Martin O. Sabo (DFL-Minneapolis)<ref name="speaker">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/speakers.aspx|title=Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1849-present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=12 November 2017}}</ref>
;House Majority Leader :Irvin N. Anderson (DFL-International Falls)<ref name="hmajmin">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/hmajmin.aspx|title=Majority and Minority Leaders of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1901-present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=12 November 2017}}</ref>
;House Minority Leader :Henry J. Savelkoul (R-Albert Lea)<ref name="hmajmin"/>
== Members == === Senate ===
=== House of Representatives ===
==Membership changes== ===Senate=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- style="vertical-align:bottom;" ! District ! Vacated by ! Reason for change ! Successor ! Date successor<br/>seated |- | 33 | nowrap | ''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. | nowrap {{party shading/Republican}} | Nancy Brataas<br>(IR) | February 10, 1975<ref name="nancy_brataas">{{cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10074|title=Brataas, Nancy|work=Legislators Past & Present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=12 November 2017}}</ref> |- | 21 | nowrap {{party shading/Democratic}} | Alec G. Olson<br>(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. | colspan=2 | ''Remained vacant'' |}
== References == {{Reflist}} * [https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/results?search=session&gender=both&sess=69&body=senate&q= Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Session Search Results (Session 69, Senate)] * [https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/results?search=session&gender=both&sess=69&body=house&q= Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Session Search Results (Session 69, House)]
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