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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.
- 1918–1919 (Navy), 1919–1920 (Army), 1920–1922 (Marine Corps)
Oct 6, 2001 · Mike Mansfield, who served as Senate majority leader for record 16 years and was major figure in legislation of 1960's and 1970's, dies at age 98; Montana Democrat, modest and self-effacing ...
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 Medical Center in...
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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.
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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.
Mike Mansfield. Quiet Leadership in Troubled Times. On March 24, 1998, Mike Mansfield returned to the Senate to deliver the first Leader's Lecture in the Old Senate Chamber, which had been restored during his long tenure as Senate majority leader. Many of the senators who attended had not served with Mansfield.
Oct 6, 2001 · By Bart Barnes. October 5, 2001 at 8:00 p.m. EDT. Mike Mansfield, 98, a self-effacing and down-to-earth Montana Democrat who retired in 1977 after 24 years in the U.S. Senate, 16 of them as...
