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John Flynt

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 8, 1914 in Griffin, GA
Died: June 24, 2007 in Griffin, GA

Education:

  • University of Georgia, B.A., 1936
  • George Washington University Law School, 1940

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant U.S. Attorney for North GA, 1939-1941, 1945-1946

Elected Office:

  • GA House, 1947-1948


Election Results for John Flynt


Click on the Year to see the results of that election.

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1954 39 GA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 27,620 49.1%
1954 39 GA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 32,400 100.0%
1956 41 GA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 52,462 100.0%
1956 41 GA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 51,568 100.0%
1958 43 GA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 52,902 100.0%
1958 43 GA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 17,054 100.0%
1960 45 GA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 38,473 100.0%
1960 45 GA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 53,394 100.0%
1962 47 GA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 71,952 100.0%
1962 47 GA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 21,214 100.0%
1964 49 GA D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 49,694 73.3%
1964 49 GA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 69,712 100.0%
1966 51 GA D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 67,556 79.0%
1966 51 GA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 74,175 67.9%
1968 53 GA D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 85,061 100.0%
1968 53 GA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 97,289 100.0%
1970 55 GA D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 62,509 100.0%
1970 55 GA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 92,500 100.0%
1972 57 GA D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 54,943 77.2%
1972 57 GA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 70,586 100.0%
1974 59 GA D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 60,655 100.0%
1974 59 GA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 49,082 51.5%
1976 61 GA D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 50,581 57.9%
1976 61 GA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 77,532 51.7%


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



Ideology Data for John Flynt


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
1955 40 House 52 39 R 32 66 91 11
1956 41 House 59 34 R 32 56 90 0
1957 42 House 32 47 R 22 72 85 0
1958 43 House 43 54 R 22 74 98 0
1959 44 House 100 0 50 40 R 41 54 91 11
1960 45 House 95 0 31 61 R 40 53 91 11
1961 46 House 70 9 29 43 D 34 45 77 22 75
1962 47 House 81 12 61 26 D 70 22 88 50 50
1963 48 House 53 20 57 15 D 59 20 75 45 58
1964 49 House 58 33 48 23 D 58 15 63 58 38
1965 50 House 82 4 32 54 D 45 41 82 6 93
1966 51 House 41 0 15 31 D 25 25 47 0 69
1967 52 House 78 2 34 47 D 39 43 75 8 91
1968 53 House 82 0 15 60 D 38 46 79 0 81
1969 54 House 69 2 20 49 R 34 30 68 13 100
1970 55 House 82 5 31 56 R 46 37 74 0 89
1971 56 House 66 6 15 46 R 42 21 67 16 69
1972 57 House 71 5 11 56 R 43 32 70 7 88
1973 58 House 79 11 29 60 R 45 44 86 13 82
1974 59 House 76 13 27 59 R 43 42 85 26* 71
1975 60 House 69 6 18 61 R 48 28 78 5 91
1976 61 House 75 3 18 54 R 41 20 74 6 77
1977 62 House 96 1 24 72 D 35 63 96 5 86
1978 63 House 74 5 19 59 D 26 50 77 5 91
Lifetime conservative rating:   80%


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.