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 1975
Congressional Record S. 3550 - Surface Mining, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 4288 - Depletion Allowance, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 4406 - Agricultural Economy, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 5271 - U.S. Foreign Policy, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 5930 - Southeast Asia, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 675 - Mandatory Gasoline Rationing, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 7762 - Vietnam Refugees re: Funding, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 8818 - Face the Nation, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 9496 - Program for Economic Recovery and Energy Sufficiency, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 984 - Select Committee to Study Government Intelligence Agencies, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record - Schedule of Non-Legislative Periods of 1976, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Democratic Conference, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Democratic Conference, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Democratic Congressional Dinner, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
George Aiken Lectures University of Vermont, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Guest Editorial - Federal Spending and a Tax Cut, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Mortgage Bankers Association of America, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Prepared by Senator Mansfield in Response to Questions submitted by Leo Michel for Publication in Le Point, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Retirement of Nick Zapple, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Senate Democratic Conference, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Southern Governors' Conference, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Speeches, After View Nam: A Time for Reassessment, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Speeches, Commencement, Morris Harvey College, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Speeches, George Aiken Lectures, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Speeches Given Elsewhere, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Speeches, Remarks at Mortgage Bankers Association, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Submissions from 1974
14th Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Conference, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Additional Thoughts on Coal Development, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Alumni Association for the Catholic University of America, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Annual Convention of the Arkansas Bankers Association, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Arms Reduction - Detente and SALT, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Beef and Cattle Industry - Letter to the President, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Beef and Cattle Industry - Reply from the White House, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Broadcasting and the New Dimensions of the News, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Business Week and Coal Development;1974 May 14, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Cattle Prices and Import Quotes - Letter to President, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Charles M. Russell Wilderness Proposal, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Commencement of Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Conference on Inflation - Washington Hilton Hotel, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Leadership Today and Tomorrow, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record - Amtrak, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record, Difficulties Confronting the American Beef Industry Today, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record 'Giant Patriot', Minuteman II Operational Base Launch, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record - Minuteman II Operation Base Launch, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record Reprint - Inflation, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 11808-29 - Senate Accomplishments, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 11918 - Inflation, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 14508 - MHD, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 16046 - State of the Economy, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 16087 - Equal Justice Under the Law?, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 16321 - S. Res. 399 Public Access to Watergate Investigation Information, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 16861 - Economic Foresight: The First Step Achieved, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 17196 - Power of Congress to Impeach and Try a President after he has Resigned, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 17313 - Time for a New Reconstruction Finance Corporation?, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 17757 - Foreign Aid: Economic Warfare, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 17759 - Cyprus Situation, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 17943 - Cyprus Situation, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 18269 - Energy Crisis, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 1891 - Jackson's Remarks on Oil Roll Back - Energy Crisis, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 18932 - World Wide Oil Problem, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 19273 - State of the Economy: A Congressional View, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 19310 - Cyprus Situation, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 19667 - Time for Wage and Price Controls, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 20283 - The Economic Situation, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 2645-7, Northern Cheyenne and Strip Mining, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 2896 - Daylight Saving Time Repeal, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 2928 - Cattle Prices, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 408-9 - Democratic Conference, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 4947 - Most Favored Nation Treatment Proposal S. 3285, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 4O52 - Energy Proposals, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 5344-5 - Sarah McClendon Tribute to, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 5346-8, Watergate, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 5740-42 - Strategic Arms Limitations, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 5742-45 - Economic Foresight (Proposal for New Approach), Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 5830 - Tax Returns for Members of Congress, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 6282-84 - Inflation and Wage-Price Control, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 6505-6 - Health Care and Standby Wage-Price Controls, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 7022 - St. Mary College (Golden Jubilee), Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 8583-87 - Tax Policy Review of 1972, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 9240 - Inflation, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 9984 - The Wage Adjustment Act of 1974, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record Statement re: MHD, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record - State of Congress Interview, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record - The Disposition of the Watergate Tapes, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record - The Status of Major Legislation Left from 1st Session of 93rd Congress, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Democratic Campaign Dinner, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Economic Crisis: The Job of Government, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Flathead Indian Reservation, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Highlights Convention Issue - 'Mansfield Wants Cutback in Foreign Military Aid', Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Joint Congressional Leadership, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Joint Economic Committee, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Letter to Tom Judge concerning Flathead Indians, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Mike's Bill S. 425 - Letter to Senator Jackson, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Montana Democratic Telethon, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Senate Democratic Conference, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Senate Democratic Conference, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Senator Metcalf's Address to the North American Wildlife Conference, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Speeches, Alumni Association, Catholic University of America, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Speeches, A New Proposal for A New Approach to Economic Foresight, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Speeches, Broadcasting and the New Dimensions of the News, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001