Vice president of the United States from 1974 to 1977
Nelson Rockefeller
Official portrait, 1975
41st Vice President of the United States
In office December 19, 1974 – January 20, 1977
President
Gerald Ford
Preceded by
Gerald Ford
Succeeded by
Walter Mondale
49th Governor of New York
In office January 1, 1959 – December 18, 1973
Lieutenant
Malcolm Wilson
Preceded by
W. Averell Harriman
Succeeded by
Malcolm Wilson
1st Under Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
In office June 11, 1953 – December 22, 1954
President
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
Herold Christian Hunt
1st Assistant Secretary of State for American Republic Affairs
In office December 20, 1944 – August 17, 1945
President
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
Spruille Braden
Personal details
Born
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller
(1908-07-08)July 8, 1908 Bar Harbor, Maine, U.S.
Died
January 26, 1979(1979-01-26) (aged 70) New York City, U.S.
Resting place
Rockefeller Family Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, New York, U.S.
Political party
Republican
Spouses
Mary Todhunter Clark
(m. 1930; div. 1962)
Margaretta Large Fitler
(m. 1963)
Children
7, including Rodman, Steven, Michael, and Mark
Parents
John D. Rockefeller Jr.
Abby Aldrich
Relatives
Rockefeller family
Education
Dartmouth College (AB)
Signature
Nelson Rockefeller's voice
Rockefeller's speech following his 1974 vice presidential confirmation Recorded December 19, 1974
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. 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 assistant secretary of State for American Republic Affairs for Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman (1944–1945) as well as under secretary of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) under Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1954. A son of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller as well as a grandson of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller, he was a noted art collector and served as administrator of Rockefeller Center in Manhattan, New York City.
Rockefeller was often considered to be liberal, progressive,[2] or moderate. In an agreement that was termed the Treaty of Fifth Avenue, he persuaded Richard Nixon to alter the Republican Party platform just before the 1960 Republican Convention. In his time, liberals in the Republican Party were called "Rockefeller Republicans". As Governor of New York from 1959 to 1973, Rockefeller's achievements included the expansion of the State University of New York (SUNY), efforts to protect the environment, the construction of the Empire State Plaza in Albany, increased facilities and personnel for medical care, and the creation of the New York State Council on the Arts.
After unsuccessfully seeking the Republican presidential nomination in 1960, 1964, and 1968, he was appointed vice president of the United States under President Gerald Ford, who was appointed Vice President by President Richard Nixon after the resignation of Spiro Agnew, and who ascended to the presidency following Nixon's August 1974 resignation. Rockefeller was the second vice president appointed to the position under the 25th Amendment, following Ford himself. Rockefeller did not seek a full term on the 1976 Republican ticket with Ford. He retired from politics in 1977 and died two years later.
As a businessman, Rockefeller was president and later chair of Rockefeller Center, Inc., and he formed the International Basic Economy Corporation in 1947. Rockefeller assembled a significant art collection and promoted public access to the arts. He served as trustee, treasurer, and president of the Museum of Modern Art and founded the Museum of Primitive Art in 1954. In the area of philanthropy, he founded the Rockefeller Brothers Fund in 1940 with his four brothers and established the American International Association for Economic and Social Development in 1946.
^"Biography: Nelson A. Rockefeller | American Experience". PBS.
^Kabaservice, Geoffrey (2012). Rule and Ruin. Oxford University Press. p. 46. ISBN 9780199912902. Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller remains the best-known progressive Republican of recent times
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