page_title: Michigan Five Fluke Freshmen
section_title: 1964: LBJ landslide
hierarchical_section_title: Michigan Five Fluke Freshmen / 1964: LBJ landslide
caption_attribution_description: English: Weston E. Vivian, U.S. Representative from Michigan
context_page_description: The Michigan Five Fluke Freshmen is the name given to five members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan that were elected in the Democratic landslide of 1964 and subsequently defeated just two years later by a Republican resurgence. All of the five were one-term congressmen. It was the last time that a state would have five freshmen members of Congress defeated for reelection.
context_section_description: With President Lyndon B. Johnson taking over 67% of the vote in Michigan, the Democrats were able to win five districts and change the delegation from 12 to 7 Republican to 12 to 7 Democratic. The Democratic gains took place in District 2 (based in the Ann Arbor area), District 3 (set around Kalamazoo and Battle Creek), District 7 (Flint and its surrounding region), District 11 (northern lower Michigan and the Upper Peninsula), and District 19 (suburban Detroit). Nationally Democrats gained 36 seats from the Republicans in the House.
caption: Wes Vivian of Ann Arbor
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