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.
Submissions from 1959
Miscellaneous Statements - Carbon Copies of Black Books, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Mr. Royster's Article 'Up from Chaos', Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
National Capital Democratic Club, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
National Water Resources Hearing, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Paradise Dam, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Policies Respecting Germany, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Press Reports from Pakistan, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Proposed Amendments to Mutual Security, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Resignation of the Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Retirement of Civil Service Commission Chairman, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Senator James Murray - Champion of the American Indian, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
S.J. Res. 4 - Federal Aid for Classroom Construction, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Speeches, Agricultural Surpluses - Poverty in the Midst of Plenty, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Speeches, Coming Crisis in Germany, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
speeches, Foreign Relations, Late Summer, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Speeches Given Elsewhere, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Speeches, Prospects in Germany, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Speeches, The Problem in Germany, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Speeches, Unsolicited Advice to Fellow Democrats, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Statement Hearings before Subcommittee on State Department, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Statement of Mike Mansfield, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Statement of Mike Mansfield, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Statement of Mike Mansfield - Introduction of Further Amendments to S. 1451, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Statement of Mike Mansfield - Recess at Geneva, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Statement of Mike Mansfield - Saigon, Vietnam, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Statement of Mike Mansfield - The Foreign Ministers of the OAS, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Statement of Senator Mansfield, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Statement of Yellowtail Dam, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Taft-Hartley Act, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
The Coming Crisis in Germany, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
The Deadlock at Geneva, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
The Development and Coordination of Water Resources, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
The Far East and the United States, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
The Leadership of Lyndon Johnson, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
The Problem in Germany, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Thoughts on the President's Impending Voyage to Latin America, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Too Sensible for Acceptance, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Tribute to Ngo Dinh Diem of Vietnam, Double Seven, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
TV Film for the Honorable Mike Mansfield on Behalf of 1959 MS Hope Chest, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Unsolicited Advice to Fellow Democrats, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
U.S. Aid Program in Vietnam, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
U.S. Aid Program in Vietnam, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Wheat Referendum, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Submissions from 1958
A Challenge to the American Education System, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
A Challenge to the American Education System, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
An American Initiative for Peace, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Beyond the Middle East Crisis, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Campaign Conference for Democratic Women, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Cathedral Club in Brooklyn, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Commencement Address at Eastern Montana College Education, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Comments on the Administration's Farm Program, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record - Mike Mansfield - U.S. Delegate to the UN, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record Reprint - Statue of Charles M. Russell, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Dedication at Billings Airport, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Defense Reorganization, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Department of Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Discussion of S. 4036, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Eisenhower Middle East Doctrine, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Executive Determination and Roles and Missions, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Executive Determination and Roles and Missions, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Foreign Aid, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Introduction of Bill on Defense Reorganization, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Keynote Address - Montana State Democratic Convention, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Kruschev's Celebration of Liberation of Hungry, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Mike's Speeches on the Defense Establishment, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Montana Local Service Case, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Montana: The Frontier Went Thataway, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
National Rivers and Harbors Congress, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Opening of Charles M. Russell Art Exhibit, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Prefix to Foreign Policy, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Regarding Missile Sites in Montana, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Remarks at Harry Truman Dinner, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Remarks of Honorable James E. Murray, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Rural Electrification Administration Service in Montana, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Senator Mansfield Speeches from the Congressional Record, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Senator Mansfield Statements at the UN, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Space and the Soviet Union, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Speech on UN on Appointment of Lyndon Johnson as U.S. Delegate on Space Matters, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Spuds and Sputnicks, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Statement by Mike Mansfield - Right to Work Law, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Statement of Mike Mansfield - Brief on the Lebanese Situation, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Statement of Mike Mansfield - TV Situation in Montana, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Statement of Senator Mansfield, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Statement of Senator Mansfield, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Statement of Senator Mansfield, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Suggestions to Overcome Recession in Economy, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
The Armed Services and Parkinson's Law II, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
The Armed Services and Their Needs, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
The British Proposal on Cyprus, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
The Needs of the Hour, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
The Needs of the Hour, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Towards a Durable Peace - Europe and U.S. II, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Towards a Durable Peace II - Europe and the U.S. Policies, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Towards a Durable Peace - Middle East I, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Towards a Durable Peace - Policy in the Middle East, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Towards a Durable Peace Strengthening the Truce in the Far East, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Tunisian Incident, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
UN General Assembly Economic Development of Underdeveloped Countries, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
United Nations Day, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
U.S. Initiative in Middle East Crisis, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001