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Governor of New York (1959–1973) Rockefeller resigned from the federal government in 1956 to focus on New York State and on national politics. [45] From September 1956 to April 1958, he chaired the Temporary State Commission on the Constitutional Convention. [46]
Nelson Rockefeller, 41st vice president of the United States (1974–77) in the administration of President Gerald Ford, four-term governor of New York (1959–73), and leader of the liberal wing of the Republican Party.
Nov 14, 2014 · Nelson Rockefeller, the subject of a new biography, was a big-government, big-spending liberal — and a Republican.
Oct 6, 2014 · At Rockefeller Center, which opened its doors in 1939, Nelson was hired to bring in tenants and, to his lifelong embarrassment, he oversaw a mural painted on tiles by the Mexican artist Diego...
In 1960, barely two years into his first term as governor, he sought the Republican presidential nomination, but lost to Richard Nixon. Four years later, he would come much closer, ultimately ...
Oct 19, 2020 · On his own terms: a life of Nelson Rockefeller The definitive life of one of the most complex and compelling figures of the twentieth century, this biography draws on thousands of newly available documents and interviews, including Rockefeller's own unpublished reminiscences.
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 A. Rockefeller was a businessman, politician, statesman, art collector, and philanthropist. He was born on July 8, 1908, in Bar Harbor, Maine, the third of six children of Abby Aldrich and John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
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.
Nelson A. Rockefeller. Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller was the third of six children of John D. Rockefeller and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller; he was born on July 8, 1908, in Bar Harbor, Maine.
