Nelson Rockefeller

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Nelson Rockefeller was an American businessman and politician who served as governor of New York and later as vice president of the United States.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf art collector
businessman
human
philanthropist
politician
birthDate 1908-07-08
birthPlace Bar Harbor, Maine, United States NERFINISHED
boardMemberOf Museum of Modern Art
burialPlace Rockefeller Family Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, New York, United States
causeOfDeath heart attack
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1979-01-26
deathPlace New York City, New York, United States
educatedAt Dartmouth College NERFINISHED
Lincoln School (New York City)
familyName Rockefeller
father John D. Rockefeller Jr.
founded Museum of Primitive Art
fullName Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller
givenName Nelson
ideology liberal Republicanism
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party (United States)
mother Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
movement Rockefeller Republican
notableWork Rockefeller drug laws in New York State
occupation businessman
philanthropist
politician
officeEnd Governor of New York: 1973-12-31
Vice President of the United States: 1977-01-20
officeStart Governor of New York: 1959-01-01
Vice President of the United States: 1974-12-19
positionHeld 41st Vice President of the United States
Assistant Secretary of State for American Republic Affairs
Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs
Governor of New York
Under Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
predecessor Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States
W. Averell Harriman as Governor of New York
ranForOffice Republican presidential nomination 1960
Republican presidential nomination 1964
Republican presidential nomination 1968
religion Baptist
servedUnder President Gerald Ford
sibling David Rockefeller
Laurance Rockefeller
Winthrop Rockefeller
spouse Margaretta Large Fitler (Happy) Murphy
Mary Todhunter Clark
successor Malcolm Wilson as Governor of New York
Walter Mondale as Vice President of the United States


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