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  Mansfield, Michael J. "Mike"
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AffiliationDemocratic  
<-  1975-01-01  
 
NameMichael J. "Mike" Mansfield
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Missoula, Montana , United States
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Born March 16, 1903
DiedOctober 05, 2001 (98 years)
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InfoMichael Joseph "Mike" Mansfield

MANSFIELD, Michael Joseph (Mike), a Representative and a Senator from Montana; born in New York City, March 16, 1903; moved with his family to Great Falls, Cascade County, Mont., in 1906; attended the public schools in Great Falls; served as a seaman when only fourteen years old in the United States Navy during the First World War, as a private in the United States Army in 1919-1920, and as a private first class in the United States Marine Corps 1920-1922; worked as a miner and mining engineer in Butte, Mont., 1922-1930; attended the Montana School of Mines at Butte in 1927 and 1928; graduated from Montana State University at Missoula in 1933, and received a masters degree from that institution in 1934; also attended the University of California at Los Angeles in 1936 and 1937; professor of history and political science at the Montana State University 1933-1942; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth Congress; reelected to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1953); was not a candidate for reelection in 1952, having become a candidate for the Senate; chairman, Special Committee on Campaign Expenditures (Eighty-first Congress); was elected to the United States Senate in 1952; reelected in 1958, 1964, and 1970 and served from January 3, 1953, to January 3, 1977; Democratic whip 1957-1961; majority leader 1961-1977; chairman, Committee on Rules and Administration (Eighty-seventh Congress), Select Committee on Secret and Confidential Documents (Ninety-second Congress), Special Committee on Secret and Confidential Documents (Ninety-third Congress); was not a candidate for reelection in 1976; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Japan 1977-1988; East Asian advisor, Goldman, Sachs; awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on January 19, 1989; was a resident of Washington, D.C. until his death due to congestive heart failure on October 5, 2001; interment in Arlington National Cemetery.

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RACES
  04/22/1977 US Ambassador to Japan Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  01/03/1975 Majority Leader Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  01/03/1973 Majority Leader Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  01/03/1971 Majority Leader Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/03/1970 MT US Senate Won 60.54% (+21.08%)
  06/02/1970 MT US Senate- D Primary Won 77.21% (+65.05%)
  01/03/1969 Majority Leader Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  01/03/1967 Majority Leader Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  01/03/1965 Majority Leader Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/03/1964 MT US Senate Won 64.51% (+29.03%)
  08/27/1964 US Vice President - D Convention Lost 0.00% (-100.00%)
  06/02/1964 MT US Senate - D Primary Won 85.51% (+71.01%)
  01/03/1963 Majority Leader Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  01/03/1961 Majority Leader Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  01/03/1959 US Senate Assistant Majority Leader Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/04/1958 MT US Senate Won 76.22% (+52.44%)
  06/03/1958 MT US Senate - D Primary Won 91.72% (+87.28%)
  01/03/1957 US Senate Assistant Majority Leader Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/04/1952 MT US Senate Won 50.75% (+2.19%)
  11/07/1950 MT - District 01 Won 60.25% (+21.54%)
  07/18/1950 MT District 1 - D Primary Won 85.61% (+74.72%)
  11/02/1948 MT - District 01 Won 67.86% (+36.26%)
  11/05/1946 MT - District 01 Won 57.56% (+15.13%)
  07/16/1946 MT District 1 - D Primary Won 78.67% (+57.34%)
  11/07/1944 MT - District 01 Won 67.87% (+36.75%)
  11/03/1942 MT - District 01 Won 59.04% (+19.54%)
  07/21/1942 MT District 1 - D Primary Won 48.04% (+14.38%)
  07/16/1940 MT District 1 - D Primary Lost 25.05% (-7.66%)
ENDORSEMENTS
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 17, 1975 R John Paul Stevens
CIA Director - Sep 04, 1973 NPA Reject
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 09, 1971 D Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr.
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - May 17, 1970 R Harry Blackmun
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Apr 08, 1970 NPA Reject
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Nov 21, 1969 NPA Reject
US Ambassador to Brazil - Apr 28, 1959 NPA Reject