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Mike Mansfield Photo of the Week May 2 – May 8

(Picture shown) Ambassador Mike Mansfield meets with Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira, February 19, 1979 Months before he was appointed U.S. ambassador to Japan by President Jimmy Carter, Mike Mansfield reported to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that “U.S.-Japan...

Mike Mansfield Photo of the Week April 12-17, 2012

 (Picture Shown) President Jimmy Carter and Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield, June 24, 1976. After retiring from the Senate, Mike Mansfield planned to spend his days relaxing and reading with Maureen, but his political prowess and abundant knowledge remained in...

Mike Mansfield Photo of the Week: April 4-11, 2012

(Picture Shown) President Gerald Ford with Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott, Senate Whip Philip Hart, and Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield. Mike Mansfield and Gerald Ford first met when they served together in the House of Representatives beginning in 1949....

Mike Mansfield Photo of the Week: Dec. 14 – Dec. 20

(Picture Shown) Maureen and Senator Mansfield, Pat Nixon and President Nixon Mike Mansfield’s long successful political career began with his election to the House of Representatives as a representative of Montana in 1942. During his tenure in the House, Mike...

Mike Mansfield Photo of the Week: Dec. 7 – Dec. 13

 (Picture Shown President Reagan and Ambassador Mike Mansfield) Mike Mansfield was appointed ambassador to Japan in 1977 by Democratic President Jimmy Carter. In this photo, Mansfield is seen shaking hands with President Carter’s Republican successor, President Ronald...