Mike Gravel, a presidential aspirant and former Alaska Senator dies at 91 due to failing health issues. Celebrate his life achievements and know the cause of his death. 


Details of Gravel's Death and Start of His Life

His daughter, Lynne Mosier said that he had been living in Seaside, California, where he died due to failing health issues. Multiple myeloma was the culprit to his demise. He was born into a working-class family and was already interested in politics at a very young age. 

Right after graduation, he moved to Alaska, and after three years, it officially became a state. Sensing that there is a political opportunity there, he quickly went to work. Gravel prospered in real estate development and won a place in the House of Representatives, then promoted to the position of the speaker in 1965.


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Gravel's Time in Politics

His most recent career in politics seated him as Alaska's Senator, and this was when he went head-on against Former US President Barack Obama in regards to nuclear weapons. Gravel also served as Alaska's Democratic Senator from 1969 to 1981.

His final two terms were hard times for the state of Alaska since this was the time when the construction of the trans-Alaska oil pipeline began and how Congress decided as to how to settle the Alaska Native land claims, among other pressing state issues.

He also stuck in a rock and a hard place when his time there as a Democrat was scarred due to Former US President Jimmy Carter's reputation was not the best at the time. The reason was Carter's decision to place large sections of the public lands under protection against development. 

Gravel then fought with the Republican Alaskan Senator, Ted Stevens, regarding the land matter as he chose to fight Carter's choice and also rejected Stevens' to create a compromise. One of the final bills signed by Gravel before leaving the office was the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980.


Gravel for Presidency

Gravel started thinking about the US Presidency back in 2008 as the Democratic nominee and a staunch critic of the Iraq war. He received the attention of his heated comments at the Democratic forum, one of which he said,

"I believe America is doing harm every day our troops remain in Iraq - harm to ourselves and to the prospects for peace in the world," His platform focused on efforts that would give the decision to the people via a direct vote which includes health care reform all the way to declarations of war.

One of his most popular debates was in 2007 in which Gravel and Obama were debating about the possibility of nuclear weapons against Iran in which he then asked then-Senator Obama "Tell me, Barack, who do you want to nuke?" as Obama replied that he wasn't planning to nuke anyone as of the moment. 


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Written by Alec G.