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 1956
Soil Reserve Pooling Arrangement Mandatory Purchase Amendment, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Speech by Mike Mansfield - Farm Speech, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Statement by Mike Mansfield - Interior Appropriations Bill H.R. 5085, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Statement by Mike Mansfield - Nothing Down, Years to Pay, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Statement - ICBM [Intercontinental Ballistic Missile], Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Statement - Mexico, Canada and the United States, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Statement of Mike Mansfield - Introduction of Bill S. 3698, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
The Middle East Crisis and Situation, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
The Nation's Prosperity, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
The Suez Canal Situation, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
The Suez Situation, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Yellowtail Dam, Hardin Unit, Missouri River Basin Project, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Submissions from 1955
Amendment of Agricultural Act of 1949, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Anglo-American Relations, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Atomic Bombs to U-Bombs in Ten Years, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Beyond Formosa, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Butte High School Band Performs in Canada, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Carroll College - American Foreign Policy in the Far East, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Carry-Over Provisions of Mutual Security Act, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Colonialism in Africa, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Convention of Northwestern Lumber and Sawmill Workers, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Democratic Party and Foreign Policy, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Economic Realities and Peace, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Editorial of Senator Mansfield at Fergus County High School, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Foreign Policy, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Foreign Policy and Defense, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Germany and the Initiative for Peace, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Introduction of a Bill, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Japan - An Essential Partner in the Free World, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Japan: Next Crisis in Asia, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Marymount High School in Arlington, Virginia, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Military Manpower, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Nuclear Weapons and the Future of Man, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Opposed to Restoration of Cuts in Military Assistance Funds, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Pressures, Politics, Partnership, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Safety Devices on Doors of Refrigerators - Interstate Commerce, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Situation in the Formosan Straits, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Situation in Vietnam, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Statement of Mike Mansfield - Joint Committee on Central Intelligence, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Subcommittee on Technical Assistance Programs, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
The Reciprocal Trade Program, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
The Role of the Military in American Foreign Policy, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
The Situation in Laos, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
The Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Submissions from 1954
After Geneva: American Policy - Germany and Japan, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Amendment Abolishing FOA, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Bipartisanship in Foreign Policy for INS, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Bricker Amendment, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Establish a Joint Committee on Central Intelligence, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Farm Program, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Geneva and Indo-China, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Geneva: Failure of a Policy, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Germany and the Future of Europe, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Gutter Politics, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Indo-China, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Indo-China Crisis, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Indo-China Massacre, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Island of Hungry People, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Mike Mansfield - Across-the-Board Tax Recommendations, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Mike Mansfield - Our Defense and Security, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Mike Mansfield - Problems of Older Reserve Officers, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Mike Mansfield - The Indo-China War, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Missouri-Souris Project, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Outlawing the Communist Party, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Plains Indian Museum, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Press Release, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Press Release - Statement of Mike Mansfield, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Raising National Debt Limit, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Refrigerator Bill, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Release, Prevention of Communist Seizure of Indochina, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Resolution to Investigate TCA (Point IV) Program, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
The Bricker Amendment: The George Sub.: Executive Agreements, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
What are People Thinking About Back Home, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Williamsburg Voice of Democracy, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Williston Basin Area Case - Docket No. 5777, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Submissions from 1953
A Foreign Policy for Peace, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
American Foreign Policy Commencement Address St. Mary's College Indiana, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
H.R. 4023 and S. 1491 - 83rd Congress, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Joint Congressional Committee on Central Intelligence, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
MSA Allocation to Indo-China, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Our Defense and Security, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Regarding Foreign Aid, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Senator Mansfield - In Regard to Secretary Dulles' Attack on McCarthy Radio Speech, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
St. Patrick's Day, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Taxes, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Termination of MSA Program, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
The President's Foreign Policy Reorganization Plans, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
The Sign - National Catholic Magazine - Montana Senator Mike, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
U.S. Foreign Policy - Present and Future, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Women's National Press Club Dinner, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Submissions from 1952
Agriculture Production, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Bert Andrews Broadcast Domestic Affairs, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Campaign, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record - Mike Mansfield - UMT, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressman Mike Mansfield - Farm, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Final Campaign Speech of Congressman Mike- Mansfield, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Foreign Policy and Security, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Mike Mansfield - China Report of 1945, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Rural Electrification, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Senator Mike Mansfield Korea, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001