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 1958
U.S. Representative in Committee II Introducing Draft Resolution L. 378, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
U.S. Representative in Committee II on the Report of Economic and Social Council, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
U.S. Representative in Committee II on the UN Korean Reconstruction Agency, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Vice President Nixon's South American Tour, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Wool Act, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Submissions from 1957
A Foreign Policy for Peace, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Ambassadorial Appointments, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
America's Role in World Affairs, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
A Time for Decision in Foreign Policy, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Civil Rights Bill, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Civil Rights Bill, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Commander Quick's Appointment as Commander of the Waves, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional and Federal S. Con. Res. 3 S-331S. 809, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Department of Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill 1958, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Early Days in Montana, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Education and Foreign Relations, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Farm Statistics, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Federal Expenditures in Montana, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Foreign Policy, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Foreign Policy and the Democratic Majority, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Gaza Strip, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Graduates in 20th Century World, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
H-Bomb Speech, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Hells Canyon, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Hells Canyon, Hungry Horse Dam and the Columbia River Power System, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Introductory Remark for a Volume of Essays in Memory of Dr. Paul C. Phillips, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Little Rock, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Memo on Copper, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Memo on Foreign Policy, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Memo on the Middle Eastern Situation, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Memo on the Polish Situation, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Memo on USIA, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Middle East, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Middle East Situation, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Middle East Situation, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Mike's Tape on Vocational Guidance Program for Butte Kiwanis, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Montana and the Rural Electrification Administration's, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Montana Domestic and Foreign Policy, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Montana Domestic and Foreign Policy, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Montana - Mother, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Montana Photographer Wins Award, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
National Radio Week, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
National Wildlife Week, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Ngo Hing Diem, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Nuclear Test Ban, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
O'Mahoney-Kefauver-Church Amendment, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Responsible Cooperation in Foreign Policy Bi-Partisanship Redefined, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Retirement of Admiral Arthur W. Radford, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Senator Church Defends the West, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Soviet-American Scientific Relations, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Speech Concerning Events in 1957 and Prospects for 1958, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Speech on John Tatsey News Reporter, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
State Highway Engineer Retires, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Statement by Mike Mansfield before the Finance Committee in Support of Amendment 2-27-57 - B, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Statement of Mike Mansfield, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Statement of Mike Mansfield, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Statement of Mike Mansfield, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Statement of Mike Mansfield, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Statement of Mike Mansfield, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Statement of Mike Mansfield, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Statement of Mike Mansfield - Discussion of President's Speech on Middle East, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
The American West - Perpetual Mirage, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
The Atomic Dilemma, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
The Department of State and the Conduct of Foreign Relations, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
The Nation's Future in the World (Billings), Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
The Next Stage in Foreign Policy, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
The Threat of Asiatic Flu, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Three Articles of Richard M. Moley, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
U.S. Foreign Policy Today and Tomorrow, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Western Publisher Defends Montana, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Wheat Marketing Quota Referendum, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Your Heritage of Freedom, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Submissions from 1956
A Far Eastern Economic Conference, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Article Written for Politique Etrangere by MM, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Baccalaureate Service 'Our Heritage of Freedom' - Montana State University, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Foreign Aid, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Gasoline Prices in Montana, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Great Falls Tribune Article about Kathryn Elliot, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Harper's Magazine Reprieve in Vietnam, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Joint Statement on Veto of S.J. Res. 135, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Keynote Address at 1956 Montana State Democratic Convention, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Montana and the Natural Gas Bill, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Montana State Rural Electrification Administration Convention - Lewistown, Mt., Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
New York Times Survey on U.S. Foreign Policy, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Recent Trends in Asia, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Remarks by Mike Mansfield - Naseby Rhinehart, Montana State University, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Review of Foreign Policy III - The North African Crisis, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Review of Foreign Policy II - U.S. and Southeast Asia, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Review of Foreign Policy II - U.S. and Southeast Asia, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Review of Foreign Policy is Needed, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Review of Foreign Policy IV - A Constructive Policy in the Middle East, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Review of Foreign Policy IX - U.S. and the Soviet Union, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Review of Foreign Policy V - Foreign Policy for the Americas, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Review of Foreign Policy VI - Africa - The Beginnings of Policy, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Review of Foreign Policy VIII - U.S. and Far East, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Review of Foreign Policy VII - U.S. Policy and a Changing Europe, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Review of Foreign Policy X - International Situation and U.S. Foreign Policy, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Science Attaches in the State Department, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
S. Con. Res. 2, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Shortage of Scientists and Engineers, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001