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John Blatnik

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 17, 1911 in Chisholm, MN
Died: December 17, 1991 in Forest Heights, MD

Education:

  • State Teachers College, B.E., 1935

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Air Corps and Office of Strategic Services, 1942-1946 (warded the Bronze Star Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and the Air Medal)

Career:

  • School teacher, 1930-1931, 1937-1939
  • Assistant superintendent of St. Louis County schools, 1939-1941

Elected Office:

  • MN Senate, 1941-1946


Election Results for John Blatnik


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1946 34 MN DFL U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 16,684 55.2%
1946 34 MN DFL U.S. House District 08 General 1 62,876 57.7%
1948 36 MN DFL U.S. House District 08 General 1 88,501 66.6%
1950 38 MN DFL U.S. House District 08 General 1 72,440 62.9%
1952 40 MN DFL U.S. House District 08 General 1 91,465 62.6%
1954 42 MN DFL U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 44,892 100.0%
1954 42 MN DFL U.S. House District 08 General 1 89,778 71.8%
1956 44 MN DFL U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 46,363 100.0%
1956 44 MN DFL U.S. House District 08 General 1 108,565 73.2%
1958 46 MN DFL U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 55,850 100.0%
1958 46 MN DFL U.S. House District 08 General 1 97,046 75.6%
1960 48 MN DFL U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 45,608 100.0%
1960 48 MN DFL U.S. House District 08 General 1 107,154 69.5%
1962 50 MN DFL U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 60,493 100.0%
1962 50 MN DFL U.S. House District 08 General 1 101,567 65.7%
1964 52 MN DFL U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 55,371 100.0%
1964 52 MN DFL U.S. House District 08 General 1 124,277 69.4%
1966 54 MN DFL U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 65,159 100.0%
1966 54 MN DFL U.S. House District 08 General 1 116,969 100.0%
1968 56 MN DFL U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 37,732 69.1%
1968 56 MN DFL U.S. House District 08 General 1 115,343 67.6%
1970 58 MN DFL U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 57,343 82.4%
1970 58 MN DFL U.S. House District 08 General 1 118,149 75.5%
1972 60 MN DFL U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 39,798 75.6%
1972 60 MN DFL U.S. House District 08 General 1 161,823 75.9%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.



Ideology Data for John Blatnik


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
1947 35 House 89 5 D 92 92
1948 36 House 89 6 D 91 100
1949 37 House 71 12 D 81 91
1950 38 House 85 4 D 92 100
1951 39 House 88 7 D 85 100
1952 40 House 73 7 D 71 100
1953 41 House 71 18 R 61 86 100
1954 42 House 87 3 R 45 47 79 100
1955 43 House 87 0 R 61 29 86 100
1956 44 House 81 9 R 62 35 92 100
1957 45 House 83 10 R 55 38 90 67
1958 46 House 68 16 R 64 26 86 100
1959 47 House 9 91 94 2 R 37 52 91 100
1960 48 House 5 79 76 12 R 37 42 82 100
1961 49 House 13 74 86 0 D 80 6 84 100 0
1962 50 House 6 75 86 4 D 77 3 76 100 8
1963 51 House 7 80 76 0 D 73 1 71 100 7
1964 52 House 0 75 85 0 D 87 2 78 100 0
1965 53 House 2 86 82 1 D 76 4 81 89 0
1966 54 House 3 73 64 1 D 55 3 64 94 5
1967 55 House 2 83 83 4 D 72 7 78 93 0
1968 56 House 10 76 79 5 D 81 8 81 75 0
1969 57 House 9 67 75 5 R 38 36 71 86 14
1970 58 House 18 64 64 10 R 46 23 66 100 13
1971 59 House 10 57 59 7 R 25 54 65 83 0
1972 60 House 15 44 56 6 R 35 32 63 75 0
1973 61 House 13 63 63 8 R 24 42 63 87 5
1974 62 House 13 47 56 6 R 19 38 57 48* 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   4%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.


Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.


Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)


Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.


Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.