On the evening of September 20, 2023, in MSU Bozeman’s Student Union Ballroom A, The Burton K. Wheeler Center hosted historian, Marc C. Johnson as he discussed his latest book, Mansfield and Dirksen: Bipartisan Giants of the Senate. The lecture entitled “Montana, Mansfield, and the Lost Art of Bipartisanship,” began with an introduction by Burton K. Wheeler Center Board Chair, Chuck Tooley.

Some of the many achievements of Mike Mansfield’s leadership in the US Senate include: The Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty; Civil Rights Act; Voting Rights Act; Wilderness Act; Corporation for Public Broadcasting; Medicare/Medicaid; Gun Control Act; Food Stamp Act; Clean Air Act; Freedom of Information Act; Fair Housing Act; Highway Safety Act; Head Start.