John Blatnik
| John Anton Blatnik | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota's 8th district |
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In office January 3, 1947 – December 31, 1974 |
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| Preceded by | William Pittenger |
| Succeeded by | Jim Oberstar |
| Member of the Minnesota Senate | |
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In office 1940-1944 |
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August 17, 1911 Chisholm, Minnesota |
| Died | December 17, 1991 (aged 80) Forest Heights, Maryland |
| Political party | Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party |
John Anton Blatnik (August 17, 1911 – December 17, 1991) was a United States Congressman from Minnesota. He was a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL), which is affiliated with the Democratic Party.
Blatnik was born in Chisholm, Minnesota, to parents of Slovene descent.[1] He graduated from Winona State Teachers College (today Winona State University) and worked as a chemistry teacher in Chisholm.
From 1940 to 1944, he served in the Minnesota State Senate and volunteered to serve in the United States Army Air Corps in 1942. While in the Army Air Corps (the predecessor to the Air Force), he was chief of the Office of Strategic Services's mission with Tito's Yugoslav partisans for almost a year. [2]
In 1946, Blatnik was elected to Congress representing Minnesota's 8th District in the northeastern part of the state, running on the newly unified ticket of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. He was reelected 13 times without much difficulty. He served in the 80th, 81st, 82nd, 83rd, 84th, 85th, 86th, 87th, 88th, 89th, 90th, 91st, 92nd, and 93rd congresses, (January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1975).
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