Gravel actively campaigned for the office of Vice President of the United States during the 1972 presidential election , announcing on June 2 , 1972 , over a month before the 1972 Democratic National Convention began , that he was interested in the nomination should the choice be opened up to convention delegates . Toward this end he began soliciting delegates for their support . He was not alone in this effort , as former Governor of Massachusetts Endicott Peabody had been running a quixotic campaign for the same post since the prior year . Likely presidential nominee George McGovern was in fact considering the unusual move of naming three or four acceptable vice-presidential candidates and letting the delegates choose
1972 Democratic National Convention
1972 Democratic National Convention
Mike Gravel