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Nelson Rockefeller

Nelson Rockefeller

Rockefeller in 1975

In office
December 19, 1974 – January 20, 1977
PresidentGerald Ford
Preceded byGerald Ford
Succeeded byWalter Mondale
In office
January 1, 1959 – December 18, 1973
LieutenantMalcolm Wilson
Preceded byW. Averell Harriman
Succeeded byMalcolm Wilson
In office
June 11, 1953 – December 22, 1954
PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded byOffice Created
Succeeded byHerold Christian Hunt
In office
December 20, 1944 – August 17, 1945
PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Preceded byOffice Created
Succeeded bySpruille Braden
Born

Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller


(1908-07-08)July 8, 1908
Bar Harbor, Maine, U.S.
DiedJanuary 26, 1979(1979-01-26) (aged 70)
New York City, U.S.
Resting placeRockefeller Family Cemetery
Sleepy Hollow, New York
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Mary Todhunter Clark
(m. 1930–1962; divorced)
Margaretta Large Fitler
(m. 1963–1979; his death)
Rela
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Nelson Rockefeller

Vice President of the United States from 1974 to 1977

Nelson Rockefeller

Official portrait, 1975

In office
December 19, 1974 – January 20, 1977
PresidentGerald Ford
Preceded byGerald Ford
Succeeded byWalter Mondale
In office
January 1, 1959 – December 18, 1973
LieutenantMalcolm Wilson
Preceded byW. Averell Harriman
Succeeded byMalcolm Wilson
In office
June 11, 1953 – December 22, 1954
PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byHerold Christian Hunt
In office
December 20, 1944 – August 17, 1945
President
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded bySpruille Braden
Born

Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller


(1908-07-08)July 8, 1908
Bar Harbor, Maine, U.S.
DiedJanuary 26, 1979(1979-01-26) (aged 70)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Resting placeRockefeller Family Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, New York, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouses
Children7, including Rodman, Ann, Steven, Michael, a
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Rockefeller, Nelson Aldrich

July 8, 1908 to January 26, 1979

Politician and philanthropist Nelson A. Rockefeller was an outspoken supporter of the civil rights movement. Martin Luther King once said of the four-term governor of New York: “If we had one or two governors in the Deep South like Nelson Rockefeller, many of our problems could be readily solved” (Walker, 19 October 1962).

Rockefeller was born 8 July 1908, in Bar Harbor, Maine, into one of the wealthiest families in the country. Concern for the lives of African Americans went back at least three generations to his grandfather, Standard Oil founder John D. Rockefeller, who, with his wife, Laura Spelman Rockefeller, had endowed Spelman College and King’s alma mater, Morehouse College. Rockefeller graduated from Dartmouth in 1930, and joined the State Department the following year to oversee relations with Latin America. He left five years later to found his own nonprofit organization promoting development in the region. Rockefeller moved in and out of government for the next decade, taking roles in both

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