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 1973
White House re: From the Office of the White House Press Secretary, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Submissions from 1972
25th Anniversary of Foreign Service Institute, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Article in the Montana Collegian - Presentation of Honorary Doctor of Laws to Senator Mansfield, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Busing of Schoolchildren, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Case and Comment - 'Justice for the Victims of Crime', Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Commencement Address - Foxcroft School -Middleburg, Virginia, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Commencement Address - M.S.U. - Bozeman, Montana 'Towards a Foreign Policy of Mutuality', Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Commencement Address - Rocky Mountain College - China a New Relationship, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record - Eastern Montana Coal Deposits and Strip Mining, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record - ITT and the Kleindienst Nomination, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record - Journey to New China, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record - Mansfield on Tom Eagleton, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record - Mansfield on Tragedy at Munich, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record - Page S. 4283 - Southeast Asia, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record - President Nixon's Journey to Peking, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record - Rights of Victims of Crime - S. 15091 - 15095-96 - 15146, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 14339 - The Truth About the Record of the 92nd Congress, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 14858 - Soviet Jews, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 15212 - Social Security Increase (To Amendment Title II) S. 4001, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 17605 - Moratorium on Coal Leasing in Montana, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 18122 - Montana Defense Installation Facts Report by Senators Mansfield and Metcalf, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 2551 - Busing, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 4763 - Beef Prices, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 7453 - The Situation in Vietnam, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 7835 - Shooting of Governor George Wallace, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 8583 - Congressional Review of Tax Preferences, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 867-69 - Issues and Answers of January 23, 1972, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 9210 - Mansfield Amendment to S.-3526 (End of Military Involvement in Vietnam), Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 9581 - Amtrak, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record - S.J. Res. 215 - National Primary, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record - The Record of the 92nd Congress, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Criminal Injuries Compensation Act of 1972 S. 75, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Editorial by Senator Mansfield Prepared for Andrew Tully: China and Indochina, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Excursion from Cambodia, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Joint Economic Committee, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Mansfield and Metcalf S.J. 266 Joint Res. Re: Temporary Moratorium on Federal Coal Leasing, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Personal Depletion Allowance (People Depletion Tax) S. 4046, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Remarks in Denver - China and Shifting Policies in Asia, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Remarks in Phoenix - China Revisited: A New Era in Asia, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Remarks of Maureen Mansfield before St. Mary's College Alumni - Dunbarton College, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Senate Democratic Conference, re: Ending U.S. Involvement in Indochina, Etc., Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Senate Resolution on Vietnam, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Speeches, China and Shifting Policies in Asia, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Speeches, China: A New Relationship, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Speeches, China Revisited: A New Era in Asia, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Speeches Given Elsewhere, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Speeches, Towards A Foreign Policy of Mutuality, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Statement Nominating Robert Sargent Shriver for the Vice Presidency, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Statement of Senator Mansfield - Safeguard System, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Statement on Renewed Bombing in Vietnam, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Summer Issue 'The Monitor' - Rocky Mountain College - 'Senator Mansfield Predicts Improved Relations with China', Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Terminal Date for Withdrawal of POW and MIA Based on a cease-fire, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
The Distended War and Peace Negotiations, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Three Commencement Addresses: R.M.C., M.S.U., and Foxcroft School, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Submissions from 1971
25th Anniversary of the Republic of the Philippines, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Appearance on 'Face the Nation', Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Article Published by Houston Law Review - Justice for the Victims of Crime, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Cambodia and Foreign Aid - Congressional Record, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Cambodia: The Handwriting on the Wall, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Carolina Forum - University of North Carolina, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record - Death of Charles Engelhard, Jr. of N.J., Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record - Drug Abuse in the Military: Senator Hughes Remarks, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record - Foreign Aid, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 13332 - The War in Southeast Asia, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 13477 - Women's Lib., Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 1359-62 - Bill to Provide Compensation for Persons injured by Criminals, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 1424S - The New Economic Program and Western Europe, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 14343 - Amendment to End Hostilities in Indochina, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 14407 Conference Report Extension and Revision of Draft Act and Related Laws, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 14506 Amendment to End Hostilities in Indochina, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 15110 - Military Procurement Authorizations '72, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 1582 - Laos: Some Questions, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 16388 - Cambodia, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 16535 - Program and Equal Rights - Women, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 17999 - Justice for Crime Victims, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 20829-30 - 'A Letter from Vietnam', Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 21853 Legislative Program for Second Session 92nd Congress, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 2343 - Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 3169 - Social Security Benefits, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 3207 - Mining Exploration, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 346 - Senator Mansfield on Face the Nation, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 3888 - Railpax in Montana II, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 3920 - Forest Service Mineral Regulations, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 4297 - Joint Res. S.J 77 - Mansfield-Aiken, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 4729-34 - Railpax Plan in Montana No. 3, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 5115 - Senator Mansfield on Fragging in Vietnam, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 5760-61 - Farm Vehicle Driver Qualifications, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 5956 - 5958 - Postpone Implementation of Proposed 'Amtrak' Rail System (Railpax 4), Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 6309 - Vietnam - POW'S, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 6678 - Troop Withdraws In Europe, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 733 - A Conversation with the Majority Leader, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 7381, Military Selective Service Act, Troop Withdrawal, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 815 - Mansfield: Sprinkler Regulations, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 8780 - Debate McGovern-Hatfield Amendment, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 9023 - Commencement Address at Boston College, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 964 - Interstate Commerce Commission, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record S. 9693 - The Military Selective Service Act, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record - Seven-Point Proposal of NLF (Vietnam), Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Congressional Record - Teachers Pay Increase, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001
Davis-Bacon Act, Letter to Senator Williams from Senator Mansfield, Mike Mansfield 1903-2001