This digital collection consists of speeches by, statements of and interviews with Mike Mansfield (1903-2001) drawn from the extensive Mike Mansfield Papers held at the University of Montana’s Mansfield Library. Mansfield was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1942 and served five terms as representative of Montana’s 1st District. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1952 and reelected in 1958, 1964 and 1970. He became Assistant Majority Leader (Majority Whip) of the Senate in January 1957, and served in that capacity until 1961 when he was elected Majority Leader of the Senate. He held that position until he retired from the Senate in 1977 - longer than any other Majority Leader in the history of the U.S. Senate. He served as Ambassador to Japan from 1977-1988, and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1989.

The digitized content in this online collection spans Mansfield’s career as a candidate, legislator and ambassador. The majority of the content is from the 1940s to the 1970s. The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library and the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center partnered to make this digital collection available. You may search or browse this collection.

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Submissions from 1961

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Peace and Berlin, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Personal Opinion, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Planning Funds for Libby Dam, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Private or Public Power Development re: Hungry Horse News, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Remarks of Senator Mansfield, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Senator Mansfield's Column as per Request of Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee -, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Speeches, Copper Production, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Speeches, Foreign Aid, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Speeches, Foreign Policy and the New Administration, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Speeches Given Elsewhere, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Speeches, Legislative Proposals for Changes in the Presidential Electoral System, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Speeches, The Present Crisis in International Relations, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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The Basic Problem of Latin America, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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The Dominican Crisis, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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The Place of Books and Libraries in the Present World, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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The Present Crisis in International Relations, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Wheat Referendum, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Yellowtail Dam Ground Breaking Ceremony, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

Submissions from 1960

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America's Lost People, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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British Blue Streak Cancellation: A New Opportunity for Free Nations, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Castro and Cuba - Sugar Quota, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Congressional Record re: Summit Meeting, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Conventions and Campaigns, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Democratic National Convention 2nd Nominating Johnson, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Democratic Senatorial Primary, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Depletion Allowance (No. 1), Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Depletion Allowance (No. 2), Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Ending the Beachhead of Societies of Latin America, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Federal Expenditures in Montana, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Interview with Senator Saltonstall on Report to Massachusetts, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Krushchev Name Calling, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Miscellaneous Statements - Carbon Copies of Speeches in Blk., Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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National Security and International Peace, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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New Approach to Latin America's Old Problems, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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New Horizons for the Americas, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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New Insights, New Insights, New Policies, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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On Summit Conference, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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On the Eve of the President's Departure, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Outer Mongolia and Newsmen to China, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Pan American Day, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Presentation of the Foreign Minister of Canada, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Presentation to Senator Jennings Randolph as West Virginias' Son of the Year, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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President's Address on the Summit Conference, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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President's Eisenhower's Speech, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Press Release Concerning Election, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Press Release Cuban Sugar Quota, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Press Release Election, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Press Release from Mike Mansfield Vietnam, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Questions of Mike Mansfield from the Mainichi Newspaper (Japanese), Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Remarks at American Mining Congress in N.Y., Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Remarks Civil Rights Cloture, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Remarks of Senator Mansfield, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Shooting Down of the U.S. Plane over Russia, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Speeches, British Blue Streak Cancellation, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Speeches, Conventions and Campaigns, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Speeches Given Elsewhere, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Speeches, National Security and International Peace, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Speeches, New Horizons for the Americas, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Speeches, Outer Mongolia and Newsmen in China, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Speeches, The 2nd German Crisis, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Speeches, The Congo and Policy Towards the New Africa`, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Speeches, The Deadlock at Geneva, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Speeches, The Deepening Disquiet, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Speeches, The State of Our Foreign Relations, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Speeches, Thoughts on the President's Impending Voyage to Latin America, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Statement by Mike Mansfield, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Statement 'Giving Kennedy What He Wants', Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Statement of Mike Mansfield, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Statement on Lee Metcalf for the Senate, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Strike in Montana, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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The Congo and Policy Towards the New Africa, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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The Deepening Disquiet, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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The President's Trip to Far East, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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The Reports of Rioting and Repression from Korea, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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The Second German Crisis, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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The State of Our Foreign Relations, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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The Summit Conference, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Thoughts on the President's Impending Voyage to Latin America, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

Submissions from 1959

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Agricultural Surpluses: Poverty in the Midst of Plenty, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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American Foreign Policy - Annual Meeting of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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A New Approach to Foreign Aid, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Annual Dinner of Alumni Association of Law School - New York - Prospects in Germany, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Budget, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Commencement - Gonzaga University - Spokane, Wash. - The German Conferences and Peace, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Committee to Study the Development and Coordination of Water Resources, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Conclusion of Khrushchev Visit, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Congressional Record - Executive Communications, etc., Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Congressional Record page 12730-32 - Senator Mansfield, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Congressional Record - The Situation in Laos, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Federal Indian Policy, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Flathead Lake, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Foreign Relations: Late Summer, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Four Year Term for Congressman, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Hydroelectric Power - The Key to Montana's Future, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Ireland and the Freedom of the Americas, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Laos and Cambodia refers to UN, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Legislation to Accelerate Reforestation Program, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Memo Comments on the State of the Union Address, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Memo (dated 1959), Mike Mansfield 1903-2001

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Memo on the President's Speech, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001