[1] While in the legislature, Mann earned a reputation as a strong advocate for farmers, and as a leader on issues relevant to agricultural and transportation.
He allied with the Liberal Caucus at a time when the legislature was still officially nonpartisan, and later identified as a Democrat when party affiliation became required of candidates.
[1] Mann served on the House Agriculture, Appropriations, Commerce, Crime Prevention, Education, Financial Institutions & Insurance, Rules & Legislative Administration, and Transportation committees, and on various other committee incarnations and subcommittees during his 25 years in office.
[1] In addition to his legislative service, Mann was also a member of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Corn Committee in the 1960s and early 1970s, and served as leader of the U.S.D.A.’s agricultural delegation to Europe and the Soviet Union in 1967 as part of the department’s “People to People” Program.
[1] Mann and his wife, Alice, were lifelong grain farmers just outside the town of Windom.