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Thomas E. Mann

Thomas E. Mann is the W. Averell Harriman Chair and a senior fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution, a non-partisan think tank based in Washington, D.C. He primarily studies and speaks on U.S. elections, campaign finance reform, Senate and filibuster reform, Congress, redistricting, and political polarization.

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Thomas E. Mann
Born (1944-09-10) September 10, 1944
EducationUniversity of Florida
University of Michigan

Thomas E. Mann (born September 10, 1944) is the W. Averell Harriman Chair and a senior fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution,1 a non-partisan think tank based in Washington, D.C. He primarily studies and speaks on U.S. elections, campaign finance reform, Senate and filibuster reform, Congress, redistricting, and political polarization.1

Biography

He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and attended the University of Florida, where in 1966 he received a B.A. in political science, then went on to get an M.A. (1968) and Ph.D. (1977) at the University of Michigan. He first went to Washington D.C. in 1969, and worked there as a Congressional Fellow in the offices of Senator Philip A. Hart and Representative James G. O'Hara, both Democrats.

Between 1987 and 1999, he was Director of Governance Studies at Brookings. Before that, Mann was executive director of the American Political Science Association.1

In 1989, Mann was elected as a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.2 Mann is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is a recipient of the American Political Science Association’s Frank J. Goodnow and Charles E. Merriam Awards.1

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  1. "Thomas E. Mann". The Brookings Institution. Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2026-02-20.
  2. Incorporated, Prime. "National Academy of Public Administration". National Academy of Public Administration. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
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