ALASKA SENATOR MIKE GRAVEL HOPEFUL 2008 2020 DEMOCRAT PEACE POLITICAL PIN BUTTON

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I AM PLEASED TO OFFER SOME OF THE MOST UNCOMMON STATE/LOCAL/MISC. POLITICAL BUTTONS THAT YOU WILL SELDOM EVER SEE
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I LOVE TO TRADE!!
I COLLECT LOCALS....GOVERNOR, U. S. SENATOR & CONGRESS.....LET'S EXPLORE A DEAL!!!
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Skip Morgan
THIS LISTING:
Offering another
SUPER
vintage U. S. political election
campaign pinback buttons
for your growing collection...A
"HOPEFUL LOCAL"
....early career for a candidate who ran for president....Alaska Senator Mike Gravel...Democrat...
STAUNCHLY ANTI-VIETNAM WAR AND MAJOR OPPONENT OF THE MILITARY DRAFT
Mike Gravel
United States Senator
from Alaska
In office=
January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1981
Preceded by
Ernest Gruening
Succeeded by
Frank H. Murkowski
3rd Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives
In office=
January 25, 1965 – January 22, 1967
Preceded by
Bruce Kendall
Succeeded by
Bill Boardman
Member of the Alaska House of Representatives
from the 8th district
In office=
January 23, 1963 – January 22, 1967
Preceded by
John S. Hellenthal
Succeeded by
Michael F. Beirne
Personal details
Born
Maurice Robert Gravel
May 13, 1930
Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died
June 26, 2021 (aged 91)
Seaside, California, U.S.
Political party
Democratic (before 2008, 2010–2021)
Other political
affiliations
Libertarian (2008–2010)
Spouse
Rita Martin
​
​(m. 1959; div. 1981)​
Whitney Stewart ​(m. 1984)​
Children
2
Residence
Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.
Arlington County, Virginia, U.S.
Seaside, California, U.S.
Education
Columbia University (BS)
Military service
Branch/service
United States Army
Years of service
1951–1954
Rank
First Lieutenant
Maurice Robert Gravel
(May 13, 1930 – June 26, 2021) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Alaska from 1969 to 1981 as a member of the Democratic Party, and who, in later life, twice ran for the presidential nomination of that party.
Born and raised in Springfield, Massachusetts, by French-Canadian immigrant parents, Gravel moved to Alaska in the late 1950s, becoming a real estate developer and entering politics. He served in the Alaska House of Representatives from 1963 to 1967, and also became Speaker of the Alaska House. Gravel was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1968.
As a senator, Gravel became nationally known for his forceful, but unsuccessful, attempts to end the draft during the War in Vietnam, and for putting the Pentagon Papers into the public record in 1971.
He conducted a campaign for the Democratic nomination in 1972 for Vice President of the United States, and then played a crucial role in obtaining Congressional approval for the Trans-Alaska pipeline in 1973. He was re-elected to the Senate in 1974, but was defeated in his bid for a third term in the primary election in 1980.
An advocate of direct democracy and the National Initiative, Gravel staged a run for the 2008 Democratic nomination for President of the United States. His campaign failed to gain support, and in March 2008, he left the Democratic Party and joined the Libertarian Party to compete unsuccessfully for its presidential nomination and the inclusion of the National Initiative into the Libertarian Platform. He ran for president as a Democrat again in the 2020 election, in a campaign that ended four months after it began. Two years before his death, Gravel and his campaign staff founded the progressive think tank The Gravel Institute.
GRAVEL, Maurice Robert (Mike),
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.
***IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE
GRAVEL FAMILY
AND LOOKING FOR AN AUTHENTIC CAMPAIGN ITEM FROM ONE OF YOUR RELATIVES,
THIS WOULD BE A REAL SWEET ITEM TO BRING BACK INTO THE FAMILY OR AS A GREAT GIFT!!
SIZE==APPROX. 2 1/4" CELLULOID
"A PICTURE SPEAKS A THOUSAND WORDS"
***PLEASE SEE MY OTHER CURRENT LISTINGS---LISTED IN SEVERAL CROSSOVER/RELATED CATEGORIES....
FOR GREAT POLITICAL BUTTONS/OTHER ITEMS!!  I WILL BE LISTING STUFF FOR PRESIDENT, HOPEFULS, COATTAILS, LOCALS, CAUSE and even a few NON-POLITICAL items in the coming weeks.  Add me to your 'Favorite Sellers' list---I WILL DO MY BEST TO PLEASE!
****ATTENTION****
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THANKS FOR LOOKING AND HAPPY BROWSING!!
MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL...
He Leadeth Me
In pastures green?
Not always; sometimes He
who knoweth best, in kindness leadeth me
In many ways where heavy shadows be.
Out of the sunshine warm and soft and bright...
Out of the sunshine into the darkest night,
I oft would faint with sorrow and affright,
Only for this...I know He holds my hand;
so whether in the green or desert land
I trust although I may not understand.
And by still waters?
No, not always so;
Ofttimes the heavy tempests round me blow,
And o'er my soul the waters and billows go.
But when the storms beat loudest and I cry
aloud for help, the Master standeth by
And whispers to my soul, "Lo, it is I."
Above the tempest wild I hear Him say,
Beyond this darkness lies a perfect day.
In every path of thine I lead the way.
So whether on the hilltops high and fair
I dwell, or in the sunless valleys where
The shadows lie...what matters?  He is there.
And more than this, where'er the pathway lead
He gives to me no helpless broken reed,
But His own hand, sufficient for my need.
So where He leads me, I can safely go,
And in the blest hereafter I shall know
Why in His wisdom, He hath led me so.
Author Unknown
"BE NOT OVERCOME BY EVIL BUT OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD"  Romans 12:21