OVERVIEW
Dayton, Mark, 1947-.
Mark Dayton senatorial
files.
2001-2006.
Materials in English.
Personal and political records, legislative records,
Minnesota office files, press and media relations, and office administration files
of United States senator from Minnesota, Mark Dayton, spanning 2001-2006.
54.0 cu. ft. (54 boxes).
See [Detailed Description](a9) section for shelf
locations.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Mark Dayton was born in Minneapolis on January 26, 1947, attended high school in
Hopkins, and graduated cum laude from Yale University with a B.A. in psychology in
1969. He was a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity.
After graduating from Yale, Dayton spent two years teaching general science in the
New York City school system (1969-1971) and four years in Boston (1971-1975) as a
counselor for runaway youths and chief financial officer for a social service
agency.
In 1975 Dayton became a legislative aide to Minnesota Senator Walter Mondale and
worked at the Carter-Mondale national campaign headquarters in Atlanta for several
months during 1976. Dayton joined the staff of Minnesota governor Rudy Perpich in
December 1976 and was named acting commissioner of the Department of Economic
Development in 1978. In early 1979 Dayton joined the Minnesota Project, an economic
development and public policy organization.
Dayton first ran for the United States Senate in 1982. He easily defeated former
senator Eugene McCarthy in the Democratic-Farmer-Labor primary, but lost the general
election by six percentage points to Republican incumbent David Durenburger. Dayton
served as Minnesota's Commissioner of Energy and Economic Development (1983-1986)
and was elected State Auditor (1991-1995). He sought the Minnesota governership in
1998, but bowed out early in the race. In 2000 Dayton financed a $12 million
campaign out of his own pocket and ran again for the United States Senate. This time
he was successful, beating Republican incumbent Rod Grams by six percentage points.
Once seated, Dayton donated his Senate salary to the Minnesota Senior
Federation.
Throughout the 107th, 108th, and 109th Congresses, Dayton served on the same four
Senate committees. These were the committees on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry; Armed Services; Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; and Rules and
Administration. Dayton's legislative records show that he opposed tax cuts, the
invasion of Iraq, and the Federal Marriage Amendment, but supported increased
prescription drug coverage for seniors and the use of ethanol and biodiesel fuels.
Amid escalating homeland security concerns at the time of the 2004 elections, and
although other members of Congress continued business as usual, Dayton closed his
Washington, D.C. office stating that he was unwilling to subject his staff and
visitors to an increased risk of terrorist attacks. In September 2005, a week after
Dennis Kucinich introduced a House bill to create a cabinet-level department of
peace, Dayton introduced similar legislation in the Senate.
In early 2005 Dayton announced he would not seek re-election acknowledging that he
did not have the stomach for fund raising and that he might not be the best
candidate for the seat. Amy Klobuchar replaced Dayton on the Democratic-Farmer-Labor
ticket and defeated Republican Mark Kennedy in the 2006 election.
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
Personal and political records contain biographical files covering Dayton's
accomplishments, awards, and committee assignments. This series also includes
Dayton's caucus files, schedules, financial disclosures, and correspondence.
Legislative records contain legislative assistant files, subject and bill files, and
voting and attendance records. Legislative assistant files include materials
regarding office procedures, legislative agendas, meetings, and congressional
briefings. Subject files contain correspondence between Dayton, his staff,
constituents, and other legislators as well as draft legislation and background
information. Bill files are arranged numerically within each Congress and include
bills that Dayton introduced as well as amendments and resolutions that he
cosponsored. Briefing books from the Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee
and the Armed Services Committee are also included.
Files from Dayton's Minnesota office include staff files, briefings, weekly updates,
and subject files. Files that particularly focus on the steel and taconite industry
are also included.
Press and media relations include photocopied newspaper clippings regarding any number
of topics as well as press coverage regarding Dayton's activities. Press releases,
statements, and speeches are also included.
Office administration files contain brochures, staff information, job descriptions,
organizational charts, office manuals, and Dayton's travel files.
ARRANGEMENT
These documents are organized into the following series:
- Personal and Political Records
- Legislative Records
- Minnesota Office Files
- Press and Media Relations
- Office Administration
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Use Restrictions:
Mark Dayton retains copyright in the papers. News releases, newspaper clippings,
photographs, commonly available publications, and like material of a public
nature are excluded from this restriction. For further information concerning
copyright status and/or permission to publish, please consult the reference
staff.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Mark
Dayton Senatorial Files. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional
examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 16,255
Processing Information:
Processed by: Richard Arpi, October-December 2008.
Catalog ID number: 006778895
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the
Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics
should search
the catalog using these headings.
Topics:
Agricultural laws and legislation -- United States.
Bills, Legislative.
Criminal law.
Economic development -- Minnesota.
Educational law and legislation -- United
States.
Energy conservation -- Law and legislation.
Legislation -- United States.
Same-sex marriage -- Law and legislation.
Social legislation.
Steel industry and trade -- Minnesota.
Organizations:
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Party.
DFL House and Senate Caucus
(Minn.)
United States. Congress. Senate.
Committee on Armed Services.
United States. Congress. Senate.
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
United States. Congress. Senate.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
United States. Congress. Senate.
Committee on Rules and Administration.
United States. Congress.
Senate.
Occupations:
Politicians -- Minnesota
Legislators -- Minnesota
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL RECORDS
141.D.12.2F
1
Biographical files:
Accomplishments,
2001-2006.
4 folders.
Awards for the Senator,
2001-2006.
2 folders.
Committee Assignments, 107th-109th Congress,
2001-2006.
2 folders.
Dayton family history,
2001.
Eulogy for the Senator's mother,
November 25, 2002.
Letters received concerning Dayton's decision not to seek
re-election,
February-March 2005.
Profiles of the Senator,
2001-2003.
Minnesota Senior Federation and Rx Express,
2001-2006.
Caucus files:
Caucus and working groups (coalitions),
2001-2006.
Democratic caucus files,
2001-2006.
6 folders.
Democratic delegation, Minnesota,
2001-2006.
Democratic majority,
June 6, 2001.
Schedules,
2001-2006.
8 folders.
Financial disclosure reports,
May 2001, May 2002, May 2003.
3 folders.
141.D.12.3B
2
Correspondence:
Co-signed letters,
2001-2004.
23 folders.
141.D.12.4F
3
Co-signed letters,
2005-2006.
14 folders.
Health-Labor letters,
2005-2006.
3 folders.
Outgoing correspondence,
2001.
2 folders.
141.D.12.5B
4
Outgoing correspondence,
2002-2006.
10 folders.
Unanimous consent letters,
2001-2006.
Special requests by Dayton,
2001-2006.
Tributes by Dayton,
2001-2006.
Incoming correspondence,
2001-2006.
5 folders.
LEGISLATIVE RECORDS
Legislative Assistant Files
141.D.12.5B
4
Office procedures,
2001-2003.
Possible Dayton initiatives,
September 27, 2001.
Interns orientation,
May 30, 2002.
Legislative outlook,
June 17 and October 22, 2002.
2 folders.
Legislative initiatives,
December 2002-2003.
2 folders.
10 bills in 10 days,
January 2003.
Planning meeting,
February 7, 2003.
108th Congress briefing,
January 22, 2004.
2 folders.
Legislative initiatives,
January 27, 2006.
Legislative weekly updates,
2005-2006.
3 folders.
Legislative Subject Files, 107th Congress,
2001-2002.
141.D.12.6F
5
Agriculture.
3 folders.
Animal rights.
Anti-trust law.
Appropriations.
Banking.
Bankruptcy reform.
Bioterrorism.
Budget.
141.D.12.7B
6
Campaign finance reform.
Census.
Civil rights.
Commerce.
Community services/development.
Drug control.
Economy.
Education.
Elections.
Emergency disaster relief.
Energy.
Enron.
2 folders.
141.D.12.8F
7
Environment.
Families and children.
Federal employees/government.
Foreign relations.
Forestry.
Governmental Affairs Committee.
Health.
141.D.12.9B
8
Health.
Homeland Security.
Honors, citations, recognitions, commemorations.
Housing.
Human rights.
Immigration and Naturalization.
Insurance.
Iraq.
Iron ore industry.
Judiciary.
Labor.
Lumber industry.
Medicaid.
141.D.12.10F
9
Medicare.
Military.
Mining, metals.
Minnesota.
Minority populations.
Native Americans.
Nutrition.
141.D.13.1B
10
Older Americans.
Peace organizations.
Pension benefits and retirement.
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.
Postal Service.
Prescription drug coverage.
Printing, Joint Committee on.
Rules Committee.
Rural development.
Social Security.
Social services.
Special education.
Steel industry.
Taxation.
Telecommunications.
Terrorism.
141.D.13.2F
11
Trade.
Transportation.
3 folders.
141.D.13.3B
12
Veterans.
Women.
Youth.
Legislative Subject Files, 108th Congress,
2003-2004.
141.D.13.3B
12
Accounting reform.
Agriculture.
Agricultural groups.
Animal rights.
Appropriations.
3 folders.
141.D.13.4F
13
Appropriations.
Arts and humanities/libraries.
Banking.
Bankruptcy reform.
Bioterrorism.
Budget.
Campaign finance reform.
Census.
Civil rights.
Commerce/business.
Community services/development.
Constitution of the United States.
Consumer protection.
Credit.
Drug control.
Economy.
Education.
3 folders.
141.D.13.5B
14
Education.
Elections.
Emergency disaster relief.
Energy.
Environment.
Faith and religion.
Families and children.
Federal employees/government.
Financial/mutual fund reform.
141.D.13.6F
15
Foreign relations.
Forestry.
Governmental Affairs Committee.
Health.
141.D.13.7B
16
Homeland Security.
Honors, citations, recognitions, commemorations.
Housing.
Human rights.
Immigration and Naturalization.
Insurance.
Iraq.
Iron ore industry.
Judiciary.
141.D.13.8F
17
Labor.
Lumber industry.
Medicaid.
Medicare.
Military.
1 folder.
141.D.13.9B
18
Military.
1 folder.
Mining, metals.
Minnesota.
2 folders.
Minority populations.
Native Americans.
141.D.13.10F
19
Nutrition.
Older Americans.
Overtime.
Peace organizations.
Pension benefits and retirement.
Postal Service.
Prescription drug coverage.
Printing, Joint Committee on.
Rules Committee.
Rural development/homesteading.
141.D.14.1B
20
Securities industry.
Social justice/activism.
Social Security.
Social services.
Steel industry.
Taxation.
Telecommunications.
Terrorism.
Tort reform.
Trade.
141.D.14.2F
21
Trade.
Transportation.
Veterans.
Wellstone, Paul.
Women.
Youth.
Legislative Subject Files, 109th Congress,
2005-2006.
141.D.14.3B
22
Agriculture.
Animal welfare.
Appropriations.
2 folders. 2.
Armed Services Committee.
Arts and humanities.
141.D.14.4F
23
Banking.
Bankruptcy reform.
Bioterrorism.
Budget.
Campaign finance reform.
Census.
Civil rights.
Class action.
Commerce/Business.
Community services/development.
Constitution of the United States.
Consumer protection.
Drug control.
Economy.
Education.
Elections.
141.D.14.5B
24
Emergency disaster relief.
Energy.
2 folders.
Environment.
Families and children.
141.D.14.6F
25
Federal employees/government.
Financial/mutual fund reform.
Foreign relations.
Forestry.
Governmental Affairs Committee.
Health.
141.D.14.7B
26
Homeland Security.
Honors, citations, recognitions, commemorations.
Housing.
Human rights.
Immigration and Naturalization.
Insurance.
Iraq.
Iron ore industry.
141.D.14.8F
27
Judiciary.
Labor.
Lumber industry.
Medicaid.
Medical malpractice.
Medicare.
Military memoranda,
January - June 2005.
4 folders.
141.D.14.9B
28
Military memoranda,
July 2005-November 2006.
14 folders.
Military correspondence,
2005-2006.
2 folders.
141.D.14.10F
29
Minnesota.
Minority populations.
Native Americans.
Nutrition.
Older Americans.
Peace organizations.
Pension benefits and retirement.
Postal Service.
Prescription drug coverage.
Printing, Joint Committee on.
Rules Committee.
Rural development/homesteading.
Social Security.
Social services/welfare.
Steel industry.
Taxation.
141.D.15.1B
30
Telecommunications/technology.
Terrorism.
Tort reform.
Trade.
Transportation.
2 folders.
Veterans.
Wellstone, Paul.
Women.
Youth.
Bill Files, 107th Congress,
2001-2002.
141.D.15.2F
31
Senate amendments introduced by Dayton,
2001.
2 folders.
Senate resolutions introduced by Dayton,
2002.
Co-sponsored legislation, S. 6 - S. 597.
January 3-July 8, 2001.
141.D.15.3B
32
Co-sponsored legislation, S. 603 - S. 3156.
2001-2002.
Concurrent Resolutions co-sponsored.
2001-2002.
Joint Resolutions co-sponsored.
2001-2002.
141.D.15.4F
33
Amendments co-sponsored.
Resolutions co-sponsored.
Bill Files, 108th Congress,
2003-2004.
141.D.15.4F
33
Dayton initiatives.
3 folders.
Upcoming bill.
Democratic leadership bills.
Commitments made by Senator Dayton.
Roll outs and pending legislation.
Bills introduced by Dayton.
141.D.15.5B
34
Amendments sponsored.
Resolutions sponsored.
Bills co-sponsored, S. 7 - S. 623.
141.D.15.6F
35
Bills co-sponsored, S. 641 - S. 2968.
141.D.15.7B
36
Amendments co-sponsored.
Resolutions co-sponsored.
Bill Files, 109th Congress,
2005-2006.
141.D.15.8F
37
Legislative agenda, First Session,
2005.
Bills sponsored.
Bills co-sponsored, S. 13 - S. 2300.
141.D.15.9B
38
Bills co-sponsored, S. 2321 - S. 3991.
Amendments sponsored.
Amendments co-sponsored.
Resolutions co-sponsored.
Joint and Concurrent Resolutions.
Briefing Books:
141.D.15.10F
39
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee:
Agriculture appropriations,
2001.
Agriculture appropriations letters,
2001-2002.
Agriculture appropriations,
FY 2003.
Agriculture appropriations,
FY 2004-FY 2007.
12 folders.
Agriculture: Legislation,
Farm bill,
August 2001.
Farm bill,
Fall 2001.
3 folders.
Farm bill,
2002.
4 folders.
Agriculture bill roll out,
2002-2003.
141.D.16.1B
40
Agriculture: Renewable energy:
Renewable energy,
2002.
2 folders.
Adopting a renewable fuels standard,
2003.
E85 tour,
2005.
E85 Roundtable,
2006.
Agriculture trade:
Trade bill,
2001-2002.
Senate trade bill: Dayton-Craig amendment,
May 2002.
Agriculture: Miscellaneous:
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow) hearing,
January 27, 2004.
Country of Origin Labeling (COOL),
2003.
Rural America Investment Act,
2003.
Armed Services Committee:
Air Force Academy sexual misconduct allegations hearing,
September 2003.
2 folders.
Don't ask, don't tell policy,
2002-2003.
2 folders.
September 11, 2001 report,
2 folders.
Base closings and military presence in Northeast-Midwest,
May 2004.
Halliburton inquiry,
2004.
Department of the Army-Inspector General: Detainee
operations inspection,
July 2004.
Independent Panel to Review Department of Defense
Detention operations,
August 2004.
Investigation of intelligence operations at Abu Ghraib,
August 2004.
Rebuilding Iraq,
June 2004.
Report on the U.S. Intelligence Community's Prewar
Intelligence Assessments on Iraq,
July 2004.
Miscellaneous:
Bankruptcy bill,
2005.
3 folders.
141.D.16.2F
41
Buy American amendment,
2004.
Congressional class action reform bill,
2003.
Cost accounting amendment,
2004.
Fairview compliance review charity care and collections
practices,
3 folders.
Federal health care reimbursement,
Federal marriage amendment,
Gonzalez, Alberto attorney general nomination,
January-February 2005.
No child left behind,
2004.
Steel industry,
6 folders.
Voting Record
141.D.16.2F
41
Voting record,
2001.
3 folders.
141.D.16.3B
42
Voting record,
2002-2006.
20 folders.
Attendance reports,
2002-2006.
Missed votes,
2001-2005.
2 folders.
Report cards/ratings from various groups,
2001-2006.
2 folders.
MINNESOTA OFFICE FILES
141.D.16.4F
43
Minnesota office staff,
undated.
Meeting briefings,
2001-2006.
9 folders.
Minnesota weekly update,
2003-2006.
4 folders.
Subject files:
Ambulance billing meetings,
2001-2002.
Biodiesel,
2001-2002.
Chippewa National Forest,
2002-2004.
3 folders.
Core Range Coalition of Minnesota: Application for Federal
Rural Renewal Community Designation,
November 2, 2001.
Domestic partners legislation,
undated.
Duluth port,
2002.
Economic development reports,
2002.
Evacuation,
May 11, 2005.
Excellence in education,
2004-2006.
[Minnesota] Forest plans,
January 2004.
Gelbmann, Jim,
2003-2004.
Health care briefing memoranda,
2001-2006.
2 folders.
Health Care Hot Line,
2001-2005.
Includes manual.
Health promotion program,
2005.
Leader's lecture series,
2002.
Includes September 4, 2002 address by Walter Mondale.
Memoranda to Dayton,
2002-2005.
Minnesota lumber.
2002-2003.
Minnesota Twins Baseball Club,
2001.
Contraction issue.
No Child Left Behind Roundtable,
2004.
North Country National Scenic Trail,
2001.
Northwest Minnesota flood assistance,
2002-2003.
Patient's bill of rights press conference,
June 23, 2001.
Potlatch-Brainerd,
2002.
Potlatch-Cloquet,
2002.
Preston tire burning facility,
2003-2004.
Region 9 (U.S. Forest Service),
2001-2003.
Roadless issue,
2001-2003.
Roseau flood,
2002-2003.
Sexual orientation, non-discrimination statement,
2001.
141.D.16.5B
44
Steel and taconite industry:
Asbestos,
2002-2003.
Continuing Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act (CDO) Act,
2001.
Cleveland Cliffs Company,
2001.
Dayton steel accomplishments,
2001.
Eveleth Taconite Company,
2002-2003.
Governor's Mining Commission,
2004.
Hibbing Taconite Company,
2002-2003.
Iron ore: general,
1998-1999.
Iron Range economic development,
2001.
LTV Corporation,
2001-2002.
4 folders.
Mesaba energy project,
2002.
Mesaba Metals LLC,
2002.
2 folders.
Mesaba mining project,
2002-2003.
Mesabi nugget project,
2002-2003.
2 folders.
Minnesota Steel Industries, LLC (MSI),
2003.
Minntac,
2002-2003.
Section 201 issue,
2001-2003.
3 folders.
Section 232 investigation,
2001.
Steel industry, general,
2001.
5 folders.
Steel bankruptcy,
1997-2001.
Taconite workers,
2001.
Superior National Forest,
2002-2003.
2 folders.
Thief River Falls Post Office,
2001.
Transportation,
2001-2004.
Unemployment insurance,
March 2004.
Voyageurs National Park,
2001-2003.
5 folders.
PRESS AND MEDIA RELATIONS
Photocopied newspaper clippings,
2001-2006:
Arranged alphabetically by topic and thereunder by newspaper title.
141.D.16.6F
45
Agriculture.
Anthrax.
Armed Services: Foreign policy.
Associated Press: C - Iraq.
141.D.16.7B
46
Associated Press: J - Taxes.
Bi-partisan efforts.
Budget.
Campaign finance reform.
Columns by Dayton.
Defense.
Disasters.
Economy.
Education.
Election reform.
Energy: A-M.
141.D.16.8F
47
Energy: N-Z.
Environmental/land use.
Health.
Homeland Security.
Honoring Minnesotans: A-P.
141.D.16.9B
48
Honoring Minnesotans: R-Z.
Housing/urban development.
Human rights.
Immigration.
Indian affairs.
Iraq: 2002 war response.
Labor.
Lobbying.
Major accomplishments.
Minnesota appropriations.
Minnesota Twins.
Miscellaneous.
Negative editorials.
Negative letters to the editor.
141.D.16.10F
49
Office hours.
Outdoors issues.
Outreach.
Positive editorials.
Positive letters to the editor.
Postal.
Praising Bush.
Prescription drugs.
Senate power shift.
September 11, 2001.
141.D.17.1B
50
Staff Office News.
Steel industry.
Students.
Technology.
Tours, speeches, visits.
Town hall/high school meetings.
Trade.
Transportation.
Trips.
2002 Election: Other.
141.D.17.2F
51
2002 Senate race.
Veterans.
Wellstone plane crash memorial.
Statements and speeches,
2001-2006.
10 folders.
141.D.17.3B
52
Your Dayton's Account newspaper
column,
February 2002-2006.
42 folders.
Other Dayton columns,
2001-2002.
8 folders.
Press releases,
2001-2006.
5 folders.
State Fair legislative book,
August 19, 2002.
State Fair comment sheets,
2002-2006.
5 folders.
Press notes,
September 2002-2004.
4 folders.
141.D.17.4F
53
Press notes,
2005-2006.
18 folders.
141.D.17.5B
54
Photographic scrapbook: Compliments of the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of the Republic of China,
1 volume.
OFFICE ADMINISTRATION
141.D.17.5B
54
Dayton office brochures,
2001-2006.
In English, Spanish, and Hmong.
List of staff, phone lists, organizational charts, job
descriptions,
2001-2006.
4 folders.
Office manual,
May 2001.
Office procedures,
2001-2006.
Travel files:
Alaska,
March-April 2001.
Canadian Rockies,
May 2001.
Central Asia,
January 2002.
Europe (Brussels),
March 2002.
Mexico,
May 2002.
Europe (NATO),
October 2002.
Europe,
December 2002.
Afghanistan,
February 2003.
China-Korea-Japan,
April 2003.
Cancun,
September 2003.
Bosnia,
November 2003.
Beijing,
July 2004.
Travel correspondence,
2001-2006.