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	Nelson Rockefeller - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (July 8, 1908 – January 26, 1979), an American politician, was Governor of New York and the 41st Vice President of the United States of America from December 19, 1974 to January 20, 1977.
		Nelson Rockefeller was born on the same day of the year as his paternal grandfather, and from childhood was the leader of the five Rockefeller brothers, John, Nelson, Laurance, Winthrop, and David.
		Rockefeller left office as governor in 1973 in what was rumored at the time to be a move toward a fourth bid for the presidency; however this never materialized.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nelson_Rockefeller (1536 words)

	Nelson Rockefeller
		Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (July 8, 1908 - January 26, 1979) was a Governor of New York and the forty-first Vice President of the United States of America from December 19, 1974 to January 20, 1977.
		He was the son of John D. Rockefeller, Jr, the grandson of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller and Senator Nelson W. Aldrich of Rhode Island (for whom he was named), the brother of Governor Winthrop Rockefeller of Arkansas, and the uncle of Governor and Senator John Davison Rockefeller, IV of West Virginia.
		Nelson Rockefeller was born on the same day as his paternal grandfather, and from childhood was the leader of the five Rockefeller brothers.
	www.fact-index.com /n/ne/nelson_rockefeller.html (470 words)

	American Experience \| The Rockefellers \| People & Events
		Nelson had a more strained relationship with his father, John D. Rockefeller Jr., whose emphasis on discipline and modesty didn't quite suit his third child.
		Rockefeller was determined to use the experience he had accumulated in the federal government to gain elective political office.
		Rockefeller had always refused offers to be "standby equipment," as he referred to the nomination for vice president.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/rockefellers/peopleevents/p_rock_n.html (1086 words)

	Rockefeller, Nelson Aldrich (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Rockefeller, a grandson of John D. Rockefeller, Sr., founder of Standard Oil, was graduated from Dartmouth College (Hanover, N.H.) in 1930 with a degree in economics.
		Rockefeller again entered the presidential race in 1968 and again was defeated for the nomination--for the second time by Nixon.
		It was during this term that Rockefeller, amid a storm of controversy, refused to visit the state prison at Attica during the riot there that led to the deaths of 43 inmates and guards.
	www.britannica.com /elections/micro/507/52.html (615 words)

	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Abby Aldrich Rockefeller was born Abby Greene Aldrich on October 26, 1874 in Providence, Rhode Island.
		She was the daughter of Senator Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich and the former Abby Pearce Chapman.
		Rockefeller was a patron of many philanthropic endeavors, most notable being her continued involvement with the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
	www.open-encyclopedia.com /Abby_Greene_Aldrich (215 words)

	Historic Hudson Valley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In March 1864 Rockefeller married Laura Spelman, a young Cleveland woman with a strong political and religious background; her parents were staunch abolitionists and active in the Underground Railroad.
		Nelson Rockefeller was the third of the six children of John D. Rockefeller and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller and one of the first generation of Rockefellers to be raised partly at Pocantico Hills.
		Nelson determined at an early age not "just to work my way up in a business that another man has built." He forged a unique career in international development, philanthropy, business, and public service and was especially active in the broad field of public policy.
	www.hudsonvalley.org /web/kyku-bios.html (1537 words)

	Nelson Aldrich (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (November 6, 1841 - April 16, 1915) wasan American politician.He was born in Foster, Rhode Island in 1841.
		Aldrich had a major effect on state politics, even before his election to the United States Congress.
		In 1908, Aldrich introduced a constitutional amendment to establish an income tax, although he haddeclared it " communistic " a decade earlier.
	www.therfcc.org /nelson-aldrich-48905.html (237 words)

	Nelson Aldrich (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Aldrich Area Map Shows where Aldrich is in relation to Wadena, Staples, and surrounding communities.
		Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1908-1979 Rockefeller University provides biographical sketch of the businessman, politician, statesman, art collector, and philanthropist.
		Nelson Rockefeller Encyclopedia Americana - He was born on July 8, 1908, in Bar Harbor, Maine.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Nelson_Aldrich.html (296 words)

	John D. Rockefeller, Jr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was the fifth child and only son of John D. Rockefeller, founder of Standard Oil, and one of the wealthiest Americans of his time.
		Rockefeller donated the land on which the United Nations headquarters was built.
		Nelson went on to become Vice President of the United States.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_D._Rockefeller,_Jr. (339 words)

	Nelson W. Aldrich (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Nelson W. Aldrich was once a very influential figure in Rhode Island politics.
		In 1908, Sen. Nelson Aldrich of Rhode Island introduced an amendment to establish an income tax after he had denounced it as "communistic" in 1894.
		Aldrich was seen as the embodiment of the "eastern establishment"--the perception by southern and western states that the wealthy families and large corporations of the northeast ran the country.
	www.geocities.com /SouthBeach/Marina/2343/Nelson.htm (325 words)

	N A C L A
		Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, whose political career began at his birth, and whose interest in Latin America was practically predetermined by his family's immense capital investment in that area, has been chosen by President Nixon to make a tour of Latin America for the purpose of making policy recommendations.
		In 1940, Rockefeller wrote a memorandum to FDR, expressing the fear that the United States was in danger of losing its political and economic position in the hemisphere because not enough was being done to secure Latin America on the Allied side of the war.
		Rockefeller was elected governor of New York in 1958 and reelected in 1962 and 1966.
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	U.S. Senate: Art & History Home > Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, 41st Vice President (1974-1977)
		Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller inherited both a vast family fortune and a family image that he had to live down in order to achieve his political ambitions—because even as a little boy he wanted to be president of the United States.
		Happy Rockefeller said she never expected Nixon to pick her husband because "weakness never turns to strength." That December, Rockefeller resigned after fourteen years as governor, to give his long-serving lieutenant governor, Malcolm Wilson, a chance to run for the office as the incumbent.
		Ford noted that Rockefeller "would sit down, stir his coffee with the stem of his horn-rimmed glasses and fidget in his chair as he leaped from one subject to another." Nothing, Ford observed, was too small or too grandiose for Rockefeller's imagination.
	www.senate.gov /artandhistory/history/common/generic/VP_Nelson_Rockefeller.htm (4496 words)

	Nelson W Aldrich (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich (November 6, 1841 - April 16, 1915) was an American politician.
		In 1908, Aldrich introduced a constitutional amendment to establish an income tax, although he had declared it "communistic" a decade earlier.
		Because of his eventual support of an income tax, his daughter's marriage to John D. Rockefeller, and other related reasons, Aldrich is considered to have been one of the most elite politicians at the time, even known as the authentic voice of J.
	www.wikiverse.org /nelson-w-aldrich (311 words)

	Nelson Rockefeller
		Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller was the third son of John D. Rockefeller Jr.
		Rockefeller unsuccessfully campaigned for the presidency in 1960, 1964, and 1968 but when Richard M. Nixon resigned the presidency in 1974, he came the closest he would in his public career of reaching the highest political office.
		Rockefeller was considered one of the leaders of the moderate wing of the Republican Party, and is hailed as an example of one of the outstanding figures of the "1960s and 1970s Republican" movement.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h1784.html (806 words)

	Welcome to The American Presidency
		Rockefeller, Nelson (1908-1979), American public official who served one term as vice president of the United States and four terms as governor of New York.
		Rockefeller's third campaign for the presidency, in 1968, was marred early in the campaign by indecision.
		Rockefeller was married to Mary Todhunter Clark in 1930, a union that produced five children.
	ap.grolier.com /article?assetid=0334740-00&templatename=/article/article.html (735 words)

	The Rockefeller Archive Center - Nelson A. Rockefeller Biographical Sketch
		Rockefeller began his public life as an officer in a number of family-related enterprises, including Rockefeller Center, Creole Oil (the Venezuelan subsidiary of Standard Oil), and the Museum of Modern Art; but he soon began to establish new organizations to fulfill his personal interests.
		Rockefeller's service in government began in 1933 as a member of the Westchester County Board of Health; he moved onto the national and international scene in 1940 as the Coordinator of the Office of Inter-American Affairs under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
		Nelson A. Rockefeller died of a heart attack at his offices in New York City on January 26, 1979.
	archive.rockefeller.edu /bio/nar.php (381 words)

	Rockefeller, Nelson (Aldrich) - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Rockefeller, Nelson (Aldrich)
		He was a leader of the party's moderate ‘Eastern establishment’ wing, and an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 1960, 1964, and 1968.
		Although appointed vice president by Gerald Ford, Rockefeller was not retained as Ford's running mate in 1976.
		Rockefeller was born in Bar Harbor, Maine, and was educated at Dartmouth College.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Rockefeller,%20Nelson%20%28Aldrich%29 (204 words)

	Aldrich Family Genealogy Famous Persons
		Nelson Aldrich rose from service in the Civil War and partnership in a wholesale grocery business to become one of Rhode Island's foremost financiers and the premier spokesman of Old Guard politics during the McKinley, Roosevelt, and Taft administrations.
		Son of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, served as governor of the State of New York (1959-1973) and as Vice-President of the United States (1974-1977).
		Aldrich, Richard Steere (1884-1941) Son of Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich; uncle of Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller and Winthrop Rockefeller; granduncle of John Davison 'Jay' Rockefeller IV.
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~aldrichnaa/famous.htm (868 words)

	ROCKEFELLER
		Rockefeller, Vice President of the United States from 1974 to 1977, in his statement to the Senate Rules Committee during his vice presidential confirmation hearings in 1974.
		One of their sons, Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich, was born November 6, 1841, on a farm in Foster belonging to his mother's people who were descendants of Roger Williams.
		Nelson was forever getting into mischief: flicking food across the stately Rockefeller dinner table, hiding a baby rabbit in his mother's muff in church, flunking subjects in high school.
	www.qvctc.commnet.edu /brian/KHS/jonline/rockef.html (1120 words)

	US Vice - Presidents - Nelson A. Rockefeller
		Nelson Rockefeller was also a member of the board of the Creole Oil Company of Venezuela, a subsidiary of Standard Oil.
		Rockefeller was an active leader of the Republican Party in New York, often meeting with Senator Jacob Javitts, and political leaders Arthur Levitt and Jud Moorehouse to discuss and plan strategy to keep their party in control.
		Rockefeller, as governor of one of the nations most populous states and already a known national figure was on his way to the 1964 nomination, except for some competition from Arizona.
	www.juntosociety.com /vp/rockefeller.html (4573 words)

	Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Rockefeller was the son of John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
		Aldrich, Nelson W. senator and financier whose work on the Aldrich-Vreeland Currency Act of 1908 and chairmanship of the National Monetary Commission (1908–12) helped prepare the way for the Federal Reserve Act of 1913.
		Rockefeller, Nelson A. When Gerald R. Ford assumed the U.S. presidency in 1974 following the resignation of Richard M. Nixon, the provisions of the 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution enabled him to choose a vice-presidential candidate for the Congress to approve.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9063986&query=Robert%20Aldrich&ct= (669 words)

	Rockefeller, Abby (Greene) Aldrich - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Rockefeller, Abby (Greene) Aldrich
		She was instrumental in founding, in 1929, the Museum of Modern Art, of which she was a major benefactor.
		With her husband, John D Rockefeller Jr, she helped plan the restoration of colonial Williamsburg, where she initiated the folk art collection that bears her name.
		She was born in Providence, Rhode Island, the daughter of Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Rockefeller,%20Abby%20%28Greene%29%20Aldrich (141 words)

	Rockefeller, Nelson Aldrich. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		A director of Rockefeller Center from 1931 to 1958, he also served in many government posts, including coordinator of the Office of Inter-American Affairs (1940–44), chairman of the International Development Advisory Board (1950–51), and chairman of the President’s Advisory Committee on Government Organization (1952–58).
		A Republican, he defeated (1958) W. Averell Harriman for the governorship of New York; Rockefeller was reelected in 1962, 1966, and 1970.
		Rockefeller wrote The Future of Federalism (1968), Unity, Freedom and Peace (1968), and Our Environment Can Be Saved (1970).
	www.bartleby.com /65/ro/RockefelN.html (251 words)

	Financial Sense "Honest Money: Part VII - The Moneychangers - Secrets of the Temple by D. Gnazzo 11/30/2004
		Nelson Aldrich was financially well off when he left the wholesale grocery business.
		He was the father-in-law of John D. Rockefeller, and his grandson, Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, later became Vice President of the United States.
		Aldrich is endeavoring to devise, through the National Monetary Commission, a banking and currency law.
	www.financialsense.com /fsu/editorials/gnazzo/2004/part7.html (2794 words)

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