Rep. John Flynt

Former Representative for Georgia’s 6^th District

Flynt was the representative for Georgia’s 6^th congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1965 to 1978.

He was previously the representative for Georgia’s 4^th congressional district as a Democrat from 1953 to 1964.

Bioguide

Photo of Rep. John Flynt [D-GA6, 1965-1978]

Analysis

Ideology–Leadership Chart

Flynt is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot was a member of the House of Representatives in 1978 positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).

The chart is based on the bills Flynt sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 1973 to Oct 15, 1978. See full analysis methodology.

Enacted Legislation

Flynt was the primary sponsor of 2 bills that were enacted:

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Does 2 not sound like a lot? Very few bills are ever enacted — most legislators sponsor only a handful that are signed into law. But there are other legislative activities that we don’t track that are also important, including offering amendments, committee work and oversight of the other branches, and constituent services.

We consider a bill enacted if one of the following is true: a) it is enacted itself, b) it has a companion bill in the other chamber (as identified by Congress) which was enacted, or c) if at least about half of its provisions were incorporated into bills that were enacted (as determined by an automated text analysis, applicable beginning with bills in the 110^th Congress).

Bills Sponsored

Issue Areas

Flynt sponsored bills primarily in these issue areas:

Government Operations and Politics (27%) Education (13%) Crime and Law Enforcement (12%) Law (10%) Labor and Employment (10%) Armed Forces and National Security (10%) International Affairs (9%) Families (7%)

Recently Introduced Bills

Flynt recently introduced the following legislation:

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Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.

Voting Record

Missed Votes

From Jan 1955 to Oct 1978, Flynt missed 1,175 of 6,848 roll call votes, which is 17.2%. This is much worse than the median of 8.8% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Oct 1978. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.

Show the numbers...

Time Period	Votes Eligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1955 Jan-Mar	21	0	0.0%	0^th
1955 Apr-Jun	36	3	8.3%	95^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	31	1	3.2%	76^th
1957 Jan-Mar	12	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Apr-Jun	36	0	0.0%	0^th
1957 Jul-Aug	52	1	1.9%	50^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	54	1	1.9%	63^rd
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	29	1	3.4%	61^st
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	28	1	3.6%	73^rd
1963 Oct-Dec	50	1	2.0%	29^th
1964 Jan-Mar	26	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Apr-Jun	34	0	0.0%	0^th
1964 Jul-Sep	49	2	4.1%	69^th
1964 Oct-Oct	4	0	0.0%	0^th
1965 Jan-Mar	28	3	10.7%	60^th
1965 Apr-Jun	53	10	18.9%	77^th
1965 Jul-Sep	98	12	12.2%	72^nd
1965 Oct-Oct	22	12	54.5%	97^th
1966 Jan-Mar	30	8	26.7%	88^th
1966 Apr-Jun	51	25	49.0%	94^th
1966 Jul-Sep	72	34	47.2%	93^rd
1966 Oct-Oct	40	35	87.5%	97^th
1967 Jan-Mar	31	1	3.2%	51^st
1967 Apr-Jun	57	1	1.8%	46^th
1967 Jul-Sep	59	1	1.7%	44^th
1967 Oct-Dec	98	1	1.0%	25^th
1968 Jan-Mar	38	1	2.6%	62^nd
1968 Apr-Jun	79	4	5.1%	80^th
1968 Jul-Sep	91	6	6.6%	68^th
1968 Oct-Oct	25	3	12.0%	51^st
1969 Jan-Mar	16	6	37.5%	98^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	7	25.0%	85^th
1969 Jul-Sep	45	7	15.6%	75^th
1969 Oct-Dec	88	37	42.0%	96^th
1970 Jan-Mar	35	3	8.6%	43^rd
1970 Apr-Jun	74	15	20.3%	63^rd
1970 Jul-Sep	76	37	48.7%	97^th
1970 Oct-Dec	81	15	18.5%	58^th
1971 Jan-Mar	22	1	4.5%	33^rd
1971 Apr-Jun	90	32	35.6%	96^th
1971 Jul-Sep	74	31	41.9%	97^th
1971 Oct-Dec	134	43	32.1%	92^nd
1972 Jan-Mar	64	8	12.5%	61^st
1972 Apr-Jun	114	24	21.1%	76^th
1972 Jul-Sep	101	56	55.4%	100^th
1972 Oct-Oct	50	10	20.0%	62^nd
1973 Jan-Mar	36	3	8.3%	49^th
1973 Apr-Jun	191	49	25.7%	94^th
1973 Jul-Sep	131	11	8.4%	66^th
1973 Oct-Dec	182	12	6.6%	47^th
1974 Jan-Mar	79	7	8.9%	51^st
1974 Apr-Jun	170	32	18.8%	84^th
1974 Jul-Sep	148	23	15.5%	88^th
1974 Oct-Dec	141	17	12.1%	60^th
1975 Jan-Mar	68	21	30.9%	98^th
1975 Apr-Jun	199	75	37.7%	99^th
1975 Jul-Sep	154	15	9.7%	71^st
1975 Oct-Dec	191	23	12.0%	79^th
1976 Jan-Mar	106	14	13.2%	81^st
1976 Apr-Jun	267	52	19.5%	83^rd
1976 Jul-Sep	281	101	35.9%	97^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	7	100.0%	93^rd
1977 Jan-Mar	100	3	3.0%	28^th
1977 Apr-Jun	273	9	3.3%	24^th
1977 Jul-Sep	198	12	6.1%	50^th
1977 Oct-Dec	135	4	3.0%	24^th
1978 Jan-Mar	150	29	19.3%	85^th
1978 Apr-Jun	300	32	10.7%	56^th
1978 Jul-Sep	308	99	32.1%	91^st
1978 Oct-Oct	76	25	32.9%	89^th

Primary Sources

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

unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
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
GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills