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Born	Charles Edward Merriam Jr. (1874-11-15)November 15, 1874 Hopkinton, Iowa, US
Died	January 8, 1953(1953-01-08) (aged 78) Rockville, Maryland, US
Alma mater	Lenox College Columbia University
Known for	Development of behavioralism service on the Brownlow Committee
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Hilda Doyle (m. 1900)
Children	Robert E. Merriam
Scientific career
Institutions	University of Chicago
Thesis	History of the Theory of Sovereignty Since Rousseau (1900)
Academic advisors	John Burgess
Doctoral students	V. O. Key Jr. Harold Lasswell
Influences	Otto von Gierke Frank Johnson Goodnow Hugo Preuß James Harvey Robinson Edwin R. A. Seligman
Influenced	Jerome Frank Herbert A. Simon

Charles Edward Merriam Jr. (1874–1953) was an American professor of political science at the University of Chicago, founder of the behavioral approach to political science, a trainer of many graduate students, a prominent intellectual in the Progressive Movement, and an advisor to several US Presidents. Upon his death, The New York Times called him "one of the outstanding political scientists in the country".

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Charles Merriam (left) and Louis Brownlow at the White House in 1938.

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