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Michael Joseph Mansfield (March 16, 1903 – October 5, 2001) was an American Democratic Party politician and diplomat who represented Montana in the United States House of Representatives from 1943 to 1953 and United States Senate from 1953 to 1977.
Oct 6, 2001 · Mike Mansfield, who served as Senate majority leader longer than anyone else and was instrumental in the 1960's and 1970's in the enactment of legislation on civil rights, social policy and...
Mar 25, 2024 · Michael Mansfield (born March 16, 1903, New York, New York, U.S.—died October 5, 2001, Washington, D.C.) was a Democratic politician who was the longest-serving majority leader in the U.S. Senate (1961–77). He also served as U.S. ambassador to Japan from 1977 to 1988.
Oct 5, 2001 · Oct. 5, 2001. WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 — Mike Mansfield, who served as Senate majority leader and United States Ambassador to Japan longer than anyone else, died this morning at Walter Reed Army...
Mike Mansfield was born in New York City on March 16, 1903. Following his mother’s death when Mike was 7, his father sent him and his two sisters to Great Falls, Montana, to be raised by an aunt and uncle there. At 14, he lied about his age in order to enlist in the U.S. Navy for the duration of World War I. Later, he served in the Army and ...
Rising from a hardscrabble childhood and the depths of Montana’s copper mines to lead the U.S. Senate and serve as the nation’s envoy in Japan, Mike Mansfield’s long public life bridges the administrations of six presidents/ He played a pivotal role in many key domestic and international issues of the 20th century.
Michael Joseph Mansfield (March 16, 1903 – October 5, 2001) was an American Democratic Party politician and diplomat who represented Montana in the United States House of Representatives from 1943 to 1953 and United States Senate from 1953 to 1977.
