Rep. John Flynt Jr.

Former Representative from Georgia's 6^th District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
1965-1978	Representative	Georgia's 6^th District
1961-1964	Representative	Georgia's 4^th District
1959-1960	Representative	Georgia's 4^th District
1957-1958	Representative	Georgia's 4^th District
1953-1956	Representative	Georgia's 4^th District

Sponsorship Analysis

Flynt was a centrist Democrat according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Flynt’s time serving in the House of Representatives.

Use this chart to compare Flynt to other members of the House of Representatives in the 95^th Congress on leadership and ideology.

This chart is based on principal components analysis for ideology and PageRank for leadership. See analysis methodology.

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

Some of Flynt’s most recently sponsored bills include...

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Voting Record

From Jan 1955 to Oct 1978, Flynt missed 1,031 of 6,687 roll call votes, which is 15.4%. This is worse than the median of 8.0% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1978. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1955 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Apr-Jun	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Jul-Aug	19	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Apr-Jun	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1956 Jul-Jul	30	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Apr-Jun	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Jul-Aug	51	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Apr-Jun	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1958 Jul-Aug	40	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 Jan-Apr	16	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 May-Aug	53	0	0.0%	0^th
1959 Sep-Sep	17	0	0.0%	0^th
1960 Feb-Apr	23	0	0.0%	0^th
1960 May-Aug	70	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 Jan-Apr	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 May-Aug	65	0	0.0%	0^th
1961 Sep-Sep	28	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Apr-Jun	32	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Jul-Sep	49	0	0.0%	0^th
1962 Oct-Oct	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Jan-Mar	9	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Apr-Jun	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Jul-Sep	27	0	0.0%	0^th
1963 Oct-Dec	49	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jan-Mar	26	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Apr-Jun	34	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jul-Sep	47	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Oct-Oct	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	28	3	10.7%	73^rd
1965 Apr-Jun	51	8	15.7%	79^th
1965 Jul-Sep	98	12	12.2%	75^th
1965 Oct-Oct	19	9	47.4%	99^th
1966 Jan-Mar	30	8	26.7%	92^nd
1966 Apr-Jun	50	24	48.0%	95^th
1966 Jul-Sep	72	34	47.2%	94^th
1966 Oct-Oct	35	31	88.6%	97^th
1967 Jan-Mar	31	1	3.2%	58^th
1967 Apr-Jun	56	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Jul-Sep	58	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Oct-Dec	97	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Jan-Mar	37	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Apr-Jun	77	2	2.6%	82^nd
1968 Jul-Sep	87	2	2.3%	62^nd
1968 Oct-Oct	25	3	12.0%	61^st
1969 Jan-Mar	15	5	33.3%	98^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	7	25.0%	90^th
1969 Jul-Sep	45	7	15.6%	78^th
1969 Oct-Dec	84	33	39.3%	96^th
1970 Jan-Mar	35	3	8.6%	49^th
1970 Apr-Jun	72	13	18.1%	62^nd
1970 Jul-Sep	72	33	45.8%	97^th
1970 Oct-Dec	75	9	12.0%	46^th
1971 Jan-Mar	22	1	4.5%	35^th
1971 Apr-Jun	90	32	35.6%	96^th
1971 Jul-Sep	66	24	36.4%	97^th
1971 Oct-Dec	129	39	30.2%	92^nd
1972 Jan-Mar	61	5	8.2%	55^th
1972 Apr-Jun	113	24	21.2%	78^th
1972 Jul-Sep	99	54	54.5%	100^th
1972 Oct-Oct	48	8	16.7%	61^st
1973 Jan-Mar	36	3	8.3%	52^nd
1973 Apr-Jun	187	45	24.1%	94^th
1973 Jul-Sep	130	11	8.5%	69^th
1973 Oct-Dec	180	12	6.7%	51^st
1974 Jan-Mar	77	7	9.1%	53^rd
1974 Apr-Jun	167	30	18.0%	83^rd
1974 Jul-Sep	146	21	14.4%	89^th
1974 Oct-Dec	139	15	10.8%	62^nd
1975 Jan-Mar	63	16	25.4%	97^th
1975 Apr-Jun	188	64	34.0%	98^th
1975 Jul-Sep	141	5	3.5%	39^th
1975 Oct-Dec	183	15	8.2%	71^st
1976 Jan-Mar	105	13	12.4%	82^nd
1976 Apr-Jun	255	40	15.7%	81^st
1976 Jul-Sep	272	92	33.8%	97^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	7	100.0%	93^rd
1977 Jan-Mar	100	3	3.0%	31^st
1977 Apr-Jun	273	9	3.3%	26^th
1977 Jul-Sep	198	12	6.1%	53^rd
1977 Oct-Dec	133	3	2.3%	24^th
1978 Jan-Mar	149	29	19.5%	88^th
1978 Apr-Jun	298	30	10.1%	57^th
1978 Jul-Sep	299	90	30.1%	91^st
1978 Oct-Oct	75	25	33.3%	89^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
THOMAS, for sponsored bills

Recent Legislative Activity

Elections and Offices

Rep. John Flynt [D-GA6, 1965-1978] leaves office as Representative for Georgia's 6th congressional district

Oct 15, 1978

Elections and Offices

Rep. John Flynt [D-GA6, 1965-1978] takes office as Representative for Georgia's 6th congressional district

Jan 04, 1965

Elections and Offices

Rep. John Flynt [D-GA6, 1965-1978] leaves office as Representative for Georgia's 4th congressional district

Oct 03, 1964

Elections and Offices

Rep. John Flynt [D-GA6, 1965-1978] takes office as Representative for Georgia's 4th congressional district

Jan 03, 1961

Elections and Offices

Rep. John Flynt [D-GA6, 1965-1978] leaves office as Representative for Georgia's 4th congressional district

Sep 01, 1960