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Nelson Rockefeller (born July 8, 1908 in Bar Harbor Maine, died January 26, 1979 in New York, New York) was Vice President of the USA under President Gerald R. Ford from 1974-1977.
Nelson Rockefeller (born July 8, 1908 in Bar Harbor Maine, died January 26, 1979 in New York, New York) was Vice President of the USA under President Gerald R. Ford from 1974-1977.
He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1930. He married Mary Todhunter Clark on June 23 of that year, a few days after his graduation. Together they had five children. He divorced her in 1962 and the following year married Margretta Fitler Murphy and he had two children with her and remained married to her until his death in 1979.
He was also a prominent capitalist and Republican politician. He was the son of industrialist John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and the grandson of Standard Oil's founder and owner John D. Rockefeller. He was an adviser to President [[Franklin Roosevelt]] during [[World War II]] and during the war coordinated the USA's policies towards [[South America]].
He was also a prominent capitalist and Republican politician. He was the son of industrialist John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and the grandson of Standard Oil's founder and owner John D. Rockefeller. He was an adviser to President [[Franklin Roosevelt]] during [[World War II]] and during the war coordinated the USA's policies towards [[South America]].
He then supported Nixon enthusiastically in the general election. After Nixon resigned because of the Watergate scandal and Vice President Ford, who had himself replaced the elected vice president [[Spiro Agnew]] through appointment because Agnew had had to resign because of tax evasion, the new president appointed Rockefeller vice president. Rockefeller was replaced by USA Senator [[Robert Dole]] as the Republican party's vice presidential nominee in 1976. He campaigned for Ford and Dole enthusiastically.
He then supported Nixon enthusiastically in the general election. After Nixon resigned because of the Watergate scandal and Vice President Ford, who had himself replaced the elected vice president [[Spiro Agnew]] through appointment because Agnew had had to resign because of tax evasion, the new president appointed Rockefeller vice president. Rockefeller was replaced by USA Senator [[Robert Dole]] as the Republican party's vice presidential nominee in 1976. He campaigned for Ford and Dole enthusiastically.
But after the campaign he retired. He died of a heart attack in 1979.
But after the campaign he retired. He died of a heart attack in 1979. The official medical coroner's report claims that he died to a heart attack during sexual intercourse with his mistress and staff member Megan Marshak. However, there is a great deal of controversy about the details of what happened. Some conspiracy theorists, including Dr. Peter Beter, believe that he was murdered by the communists, specifically by Henry Kissinger, who Beter claims was secretly a communist.
Sources
''The Life of Nelson A. Rockefeller: 1908-1958: Worlds to Conquer'' by Cary Reich.
http://www.peterdavidbeter.com/docs/all/dbeye.html (link to conspiracy theory article claiming Rockefeller was assassinated)
[[Category:Vice Presidents of the United States]]
[[Category:Vice Presidents of the United States]]