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    • Legislative Time Capsule - 66th Legislature (1969-1970)

    Session Dates (All Sessions)

      Convened Adjourned Calendar Days Legislative Days - House Legislative Days - Senate
    1969
    		1/7/1969 5/26/1969 140 102 102

    Legislation (All Sessions)

      House - Bills Introduced Senate - Bills Introduced Laws Resolutions
    1969 3094 2682 1159   Search 8

    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
    1969 3 3 0   [0] 3 3

    Legislators

    All House Senate

    Leadership         

    Speaker of the House Lloyd L. Duxbury, Jr.  (Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus)
    House Majority Leader Aubrey W. Dirlam  (Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus)
    House Minority Leader Martin Olav Sabo  (Nonpartisan Election-Liberal Caucus)
    President of the Senate This position was handled multiple ways historically - See full list
    Senate Majority Leader Stanley Willard Holmquist, Sr.  (Nonpartisan Election-Conservative Caucus)
    Senate Minority Leader Karl Frederick Grittner  (Nonpartisan Election-Liberal Caucus)

    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
    1/7/1969 Convenes [Total seats possible = 135] 135 85 50 0 35
    2/7/1969 Unseating Rep. Bernard Bischoff (Nonpartisan Election-Liberal Caucus, 63) was unseated by vote of the House on charges of unfair campaign practices. 134 85 49 0 36
    3/8/1969 Death Rep. Marvin Christianson (Nonpartisan Election-Liberal Caucus, 66A) 133 85 48 0 37
    3/20/1969 Special election Bernard Bischoff (Nonpartisan Election-Liberal Caucus) won the special election for a House seat in District 63 on March 11, 1969. He was sworn in (again) on March 20, 1969. 134 85 49 0 36
    4/14/1969 Special election Donna Christianson (Nonpartisan Election-Liberal Caucus) won the special election for a House seat in District 66A on April 8, 1969. Her swearing in date is uncertain. 135 85 50 0 35
    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
    1/7/1969 Convenes [Total seats possible = 67] 67 45 22 0 23
    C=Conservative  R=Republican  IR=Independent Republican  L=Liberal  DFL=Democratic-Farmer-Labor

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