Mike GravelMike Gravel is an American politician who was a Democratic United States Senator from Alaska from 1969 to 1981 and a candidate in the 2008 U.S. presidential election. As a Senator, Gravel became nationally known for his forceful but unsuccessful attepts to end the draft during the War in Vietnam and for putting the Pentagon Papers into the public record in 1971 at some risk to himself. Read More Read Less