Mike Gravel

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==Maurice Robert "Mike" Gravel==

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Mike Gravel was born in Springfield, Hampden County, [[Massachusetts]] on ~~[[May~~ 13~~]],~~ 1930 to French-Canadian immigrants Alphonse Gravel and his wife Marie Bourassa. He is a former US Senator from [[Alaska]]. He was in the Alaska house of representatives 1962-66 and elected speaker in 1965. Democrat to the US Senate from Alaska 1969-81.<blockquote>Back in 1971, when President Nixon's Justice Department blocked the New York Times from reporting on a classified study about government deception in the Vietnam War, then-Sen. Gravel put the study on public record by reading aloud about 4,000 pages of what came to be known as "The Pentagon Papers." </blockquote>

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Mike Gravel was born in Springfield, Hampden County, [[Massachusetts]] on 13 May 1930 to French-Canadian immigrants Alphonse Gravel and his wife Marie Bourassa. He is a former US Senator from [[Alaska]]. He was in the Alaska house of representatives 1962-66 and elected speaker in 1965. Democrat to the US Senate from Alaska 1969-81.<blockquote>Back in 1971, when President Nixon's Justice Department blocked the New York Times from reporting on a classified study about government deception in the Vietnam War, then-Sen. Gravel put the study on public record by reading aloud about 4,000 pages of what came to be known as "The Pentagon Papers." </blockquote>

He ran again for Senate in 1980 but was defeated. He married first Rita Martin about 1958 and they divorced in 1980. He then married Whitney Stewart in 1983/4 and has two children: Martin Gravel of Colorado and Lynne Gravel Mosier of California. He also has four grandchildren.

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He ~~is running~~ on the Democratic ticket for the US Presidential Election of 2008. His Democratic challengers ~~are~~: [[Hillary Diane Rodham|Hillary Clinton]], [[Christopher Dodd]], [[John Edwards]], [[Dennis Kucinich]], [[Barack Obama]], [[Joseph Biden|Joe Biden]], and [[William Richardson|Bill Richardson]].

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He ran on the Democratic ticket for the US Presidential Election of 2008. His Democratic challengers were: [[Hillary Diane Rodham|Hillary Clinton]], [[Christopher Dodd]], [[John Edwards]], [[Dennis Kucinich]], [[Barack Obama]], [[Joseph Biden|Joe Biden]], and [[William Richardson|Bill Richardson]].

===Secondary sources===

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[[Category:Massachusetts]]

[[Category:US Presidential Election 2008]]

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[[Category:Famous Men]]

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[[Category:Politicians]]

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 ==Maurice Robert "Mike" Gravel==
-Mike Gravel was born in Springfield, Hampden County, [[Massachusetts]] on [[May 13]], 1930 to French-Canadian immigrants Alphonse Gravel and his wife Marie Bourassa.  He is a former US Senator from [[Alaska]].  He was in the Alaska house of representatives 1962-66 and elected speaker in 1965.  Democrat to the US Senate from Alaska 1969-81.<blockquote>Back in 1971, when President Nixon's Justice Department blocked the New York Times from reporting on a classified study about government deception in the Vietnam War, then-Sen. Gravel put the study on public record by reading aloud about 4,000 pages of what came to be known as "The Pentagon Papers." </blockquote>
+Mike Gravel was born in Springfield, Hampden County, [[Massachusetts]] on 13 May 1930 to French-Canadian immigrants Alphonse Gravel and his wife Marie Bourassa.  He is a former US Senator from [[Alaska]].  He was in the Alaska house of representatives 1962-66 and elected speaker in 1965.  Democrat to the US Senate from Alaska 1969-81.<blockquote>Back in 1971, when President Nixon's Justice Department blocked the New York Times from reporting on a classified study about government deception in the Vietnam War, then-Sen. Gravel put the study on public record by reading aloud about 4,000 pages of what came to be known as "The Pentagon Papers." </blockquote>
 He ran again for Senate in 1980 but was defeated.  He married first Rita Martin about 1958 and they divorced in 1980.  He then married Whitney Stewart in 1983/4 and has two children: Martin Gravel of Colorado and Lynne Gravel Mosier of California.  He also has four grandchildren.
-He is running on the Democratic ticket for the US Presidential Election of 2008.  His Democratic challengers are: [[Hillary Diane Rodham|Hillary Clinton]], [[Christopher Dodd]], [[John Edwards]], [[Dennis Kucinich]], [[Barack Obama]], [[Joseph Biden|Joe Biden]], and [[William Richardson|Bill Richardson]].
+He ran on the Democratic ticket for the US Presidential Election of 2008.  His Democratic challengers were: [[Hillary Diane Rodham|Hillary Clinton]], [[Christopher Dodd]], [[John Edwards]], [[Dennis Kucinich]], [[Barack Obama]], [[Joseph Biden|Joe Biden]], and [[William Richardson|Bill Richardson]].
 ===Secondary sources===
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 [[Category:Massachusetts]]
 [[Category:US Presidential Election 2008]]
+[[Category:Famous Men]]
+[[Category:Politicians]]