Former US Sen. , Mike Gravel , Dead at 91.<br />Gravel's daughter, Lynne Mosier, <br />confirmed his death on June 27.<br />Progressive think tank The Gravel Institute, which was founded by the former senator, <br />also confirmed his death on Twitter.<br />Gravel served in the Alaska House of Representatives from 1963 to 1966.<br />He was elected state House speaker in 1965 <br />and then elected to Congress in 1968, .<br />where he served <br />as a senator <br />until 1981.<br />Gravel gained national attention in 1971 when he read part of the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record in an attempt to end the Vietnam War.<br />He also ran for president in 2006 and 2019, but ended up endorsing Bernie Sanders in 2019 after his own campaign fell short.<br />Gravel was also chairman and founder of Democracy Foundation, a nonprofit.
