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 1980
San Francisco State University Symposium, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Southeast US-Japan Association Conference, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Time-Life Interview with Mansfield, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
US-Japan Relations: A Review by Ambassador Mansfield, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Submissions from 1979
Brief Remarks, Various Locations, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Foreign and Domestic Issues Council, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Mansfield with Resident Correspondents, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Sankei Shimbun Interview with Mansfield, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Southeast United States/Japan Association, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Stability in East Asia: The US Role, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
The China Move and its Implications, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Tohoku Japan-America Society, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
US Japan Educational Exchanged, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Yomiuri International Economic Society, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Submissions from 1978
Address to a Joint Meeting of the Osaka Chamber of Commerce, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
American Chamber of Commerce in Japan, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Clippings, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Eulogy to John D. Rockefeller III, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Interview by Yomiuri Newspaper, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Japanese Food Buyers Team, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Japan Forum for a New Free Society, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Japan-US Businessmen's Conference, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Keidanren Board, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Mansfield's Speech in Sapporo, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Marine Ball, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Meeting at Keidanren, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Orientation Day, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Remarks, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Shufo no tomo Interview with Maureen Mansfield, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Southeast United States/Japan Association, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
The Need for Far-Sighted Economic Policies, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
The United States and Japan: Reflections, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
The United States and Japan: Reflections on Our Partnership, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
[Title in Japanese], Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
United States Food Festival, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Submissions from 1977
America-Japan Society Welcoming Luncheon, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Arrival Statement by Ambassador Michael Mansfield, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Best of Times - Worst of Times, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Fukuoka Japan America Society, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
National Convention of Research Institute of Japan, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
On the Occasion of the Luncheon in Honor of Sadaharu Oh, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Opening of US-Japan Seminar: Seeking Economic Harmony, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Sankei Interview, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
The Outlook for US-Japan Relations, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Third Japan-United States Ocean Forum, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
US Policy in Asia: The Myth and the Reality, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Submissions from 1976
201st Birthday of the U.S. Marine Corps, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Article by Senator Mansfield for the Toronto Star, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Bibliography, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Biennial Convention of the National Association of Retired Persons, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Center Magazine - 'The U.S. is not an Asian Power', Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 1290 - Congress and Foreign Policy, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 14580 - Report on Southeast Asia, Thailand, Burma, and the Philippines Foreign Relations Committee, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 1571 - A Program for Compensation of Crime Victims, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 2163 - Child and Family Health Services, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 2164 - The Medical Malpractice Crisis, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 2965, S. 1, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 5541 - The End of an Era Asia - A Year After the Fall of Indochina, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 663 - S. 1 Criminal Laws, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 7756 - 'Gun Control Legislation', Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 9086 - 'To Serve and Not to be Served', Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record - Senator Mansfield Retirement, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Cutting the Gordian Knot: Taiwan and U.S. China Relations, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Maine State Democratic Convention, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Occasion of the Dedication of Old Chamber, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
S. 1 Crime, Letter to Senator McClellan, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Senate Committee on Government Operations, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Senate Democratic Conference, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Senate Democratic Conference - Governor Carter's Visit, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Speeches Given Elsewhere, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
The Best of Times - The Worst of Times, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
The End of an Era: Asia Two Years After the Fall of Indochina, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
The Georgetown Club - Washington, D.C., Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
The State of US-China Relations: Time to Break the Stalemate, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Tributes to the Honorable Mike Mansfield of Montana in the United States Senate Upon the Occasion of his Retirement from the Senate, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Submissions from 1975
After Vietnam: A Time for Reassessment, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Annual Dinner of the Amen Corner - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Coal Slurry Pipeline, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Commencement Address - Morris Harvey College in Charleston, West Virginia, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record Aid to Cambodia, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record - Assassination Attempts, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record - Circumventing the Civil Service Retirement System, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record - Economy, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record - Russian Wheat Deal, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 11488 - Crime the Victim and Gun Control, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 13353 - Control of Oil Prices, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 13812 - Turkey, U.S. NATO Relations, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 14322 - Arms Aid to Turkey, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 14450-53 - Meet the Press, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 14689 - Energy Record of the Senate, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 14796 - Relations Between U.S. Turkey and Greece, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 15087 - Energy Legislation, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 15956 - Crime Control, Compensation for Victims of Crime, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 16 -Democratic Conference - January 14, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 17930 - Sinai, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 18417- 28-28 Proposal Taxes, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 21165 - Pacem in Terris IV, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 21921 - Post Offices re: Closing of Rural ones, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 2324 - Senator Church's Record of Achievement for Older Americans, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 3532 - Cambodia, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001