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Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (July 8, 1908 – January 26, 1979), sometimes referred to by his nickname Rocky, [1] was an American businessman and politician who served as the 41st vice president of the United States from 1974 to 1977 under President Gerald Ford.
- Megan Marshack
News writer, producer WCBS-TV and Nelson Rockfeller's aide...
- Happy
Margaretta Large "Happy" Rockefeller (née Fitler, formerly...
- Rodman
Rodman Clark Rockefeller (May 2, 1932 – May 14, 2000) was an...
- Michael
Michael Clark Rockefeller (May 18, 1938; disappeared...
- Mary Todhunter Clark
Mary Todhunter Clark Rockefeller (June 17, 1907 – April 21,...
- Steven Clark Rockefeller
Steven Clark Rockefeller (born April 19, 1936) is an...
- Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Abigail Greene Aldrich Rockefeller (October 26, 1874 – April...
- Electoral History of Nelson Rockefeller
Nelson A. Rockefeller. Electoral history of Nelson...
- Nelson W. Aldrich
Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (/ˈɑldɹɪt͡ʃ/; November 6, 1841 –...
- Sleepy Hollow, New York
Sleepy Hollow is a village in the town of Mount Pleasant,...
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- Political Career
- Vice President, 1974–1977
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He tried three times to gain his party's nomination for the United States presidency but lost to the slightly more conservative Vice President and future President Richard Nixon in 1960 and 1968 and conservative Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona in 1964. He refused to support Goldwater in the general election after losing to him, which Nixon conde...
When Richard Nixon resigned (quit) as president on August 9, 1974, Vice President Gerald Ford became the president. On August 20, Ford chose Rockefeller to be the next vice president of the United States. He was chosen out of three other people; the other two were Donald Rumsfeld, the then-United States Ambassador to NATO, and George H.W. Bush, the...
His paternal grandfather was John D. Rockefeller Sr. His maternal grandfather was United States Senator Nelson Aldrich of Rhode Island. He was the son of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and Abby Aldrich. He was Governor of New York from 1959 to 1973. He was the brother of David Rockefeller, chairman of Chase Bank, Winthrop, later Governor of Arkansas, Jo...
He was married twice. His first was to Mary Todhunter Clark until they divorced. His second was to Margaretta Fitler Murphy until his death from a heart attack.
Media related to Nelson Rockefellerat Wikimedia Commons 1. Rockefeller Archive Center: Nelson Rockefeller Archived 2006-10-14 at the Wayback MachineContains details on the collection of public and private papers available to researchers at the Center. 2. The Rocky Roll Archived 2013-08-27 at the Wayback Machine An extended portrait by Time Magazine...
- Malcolm Wilson
- Gerald Ford
- Gerald Ford
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He wanted to be popular and powerful. And he wanted to be President of the United States. But fate, it turned out, would not oblige. Born on July 8, 1908 in Bar Harbor, Maine, Nelson Aldrich ...
Nov 14, 2014 · Neal Boenzi/The New York Times. By Timothy Noah. Nov. 14, 2014. “I am imaginative,” Nelson Rockefeller said of himself near the end of his life. “I am not bright.”. This wasn’t false ...
Born on July 8, 1908 in Bar Harbor, Maine, Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller soon showed signs of the irrepressible temperament that would be his trademark. He led his brothers in all kinds of...
Nelson, the second and most ambitious of John D. Rockefeller Jr.'s five sons, had begun his career in the Depression, helping his father transform midtown Manhattan through a spectacular office...
