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They had five children: Rodman Clark Rockefeller, Ann Rockefeller, Steven Clark Rockefeller, and twins Michael Clark Rockefeller and Mary Rockefeller. Michael Rockefeller disappeared in New Guinea in November 1961.
- 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...
- 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,...
- Museum of Primitive Art
Nelson Rockefeller purchase, loaned to the Museum of...
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Image Credit. Birthday: July 8, 1908 ( Cancer) Born In: Bar Harbor, Maine, United States. Political Leaders #72. Vice Presidents #3. Leaders #136. Quick Facts. Also Known As: Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller. Died At Age: 70. Family: Spouse/Ex-: Happy Rockefeller, Mary Rockefeller. father: John D. Rockefeller Jr. mother: Abby Aldrich Rockefeller.
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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...
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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 projects ...
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Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, sometimes referred to by his nickname Rocky, 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. A member of the Republican Party and the wealthy Rockefeller family, he previously served as the 49th governor of New York from 1959 to 1973. Rockefeller also served as ...
On Sunday, January 27, 1979, New Yorkers awoke to the news that Nelson Rockefeller had died of a heart attack at the age of 71 while working at his office in mid-town Manhattan. In the days ahead, as dignitaries and associates sang his praises, the actual circumstances of Rockefeller's death began to emerge: he had died in his townhouse while ...
Ford chose Nelson A. Rockefeller, a liberal Republican who had served as governor of New York from 1959 to 1973 and had unsuccessfully sought his party’s presidential nomination several times. Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller—the son of businessman John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and Abby Greene Aldrich—was born on July 8, 1908, in Bar Harbor, Me.
