Mike Gravel

A Senator from Alaska. Born in Springfield, Hampden County, Mass. , May 13, 1930. Attended private schools. Graduated, Columbia University 1956. Member of the United States Army, Counter Intelligence Corps 1951-1954. Member, Alaska house of representatives 1962-1966, elected speaker in 1965. Author. Engaged in real estate development in Anchorage and Kenai. Elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1968. Reelected in 1974, and served from January 3, 1969, to January 3, 1981. Unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1980. Was a resident of Seaside, Calif. , until his death on June 26, 2021.