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Mike Mansfield

1903 - 2001

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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. As the leader of the Senate Democratic Caucus from 1961 to 1977, Mansfield shepherded Great Society programs through the Senate; his tenure of exactly sixteen years was the longest of any party leader in Senate history, until the record was broken by Mitch McConnell in 2023. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Mansfield grew up in Great Falls, Montana. He lied about his age to serve in the United States Navy during World War I. After the war, he became a professor of history and political science at the University of Montana. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mike Mansfield is the 16,835th most popular politician (up from 17,197th in 2019), the 10,641st most popular biography from United States (up from 11,651st in 2019) and the 806th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mike Mansfield ranks 16,835 out of 19,576. Before him are Samuel Plimsoll, Mercedes Aráoz, Harriet Harman, John N. Mitchell, Emmanuel Nadingar, and Walter Forward. After him are Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga, Amadou Gon Coulibaly, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Anna Fotyga, Dietrich Stobbe, and Dick Quax.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Mike Mansfield ranks 340. Before him are Erik Svensson, DeHart Hubbard, Eric A. Havelock, Jaipal Singh Munda, Mikhail Svetlov, and George E. Stone. After him are Vera Stroyeva, Otto von Porat, Edgar Buchanan, Luis Izzeta, Sybil Bauer, and Marjorie Cox Crawford. Among people deceased in 2001, Mike Mansfield ranks 311. Before him are Mohammad Rabbani, Aleksandr Volodin, David M. Walker, Marita Petersen, Ann Sothern, and Henry Jonsson. After him are Arthur Geoffrey Walker, Tony Miles, Helia Bravo Hollis, Shidzue Katō, Robert Fowler, and Michael Dertouzos.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mike Mansfield ranks 10,643 out of 20,380. Before him are Sam Jones (1924), Michael Dunn (1934), Lewis H. Brereton (1890), Adam Jones (1965), Richard Arlen (1899), and Walter Forward (1786). After him are Lewis Wilson (1920), Bud Luckey (1934), Kathryn Stockett (1969), Deborah Harkness (1965), Ray Collins (1889), and Charles Bradley (1948).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Mike Mansfield ranks 806. Before him are George Ariyoshi (1926), Howard Baker (1925), Jesse Jackson Jr. (1965), David Malpass (1956), John N. Mitchell (1913), and Walter Forward (1786). After him are Caleb Cushing (1800), Eric Holder (1951), Nicholas Katzenbach (1922), Sherrod Brown (1952), Carter Braxton (1736), and Ben Cardin (1943).

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