| − | '''Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller''' (July 8, 1908 – January 26, 1979) was the [[Vice President of the United States]] under [[U.S. President]] [[Gerald Ford]] from 1974 to 1977. He was also [[governor]] of [[New York]] from 1959 to 1973. He ran unsuccessfully for the [[Republican Party|Republican]] presidential nomination in 1960, 1964, and 1968 against the more [[conservative]] choices, [[Richard M. Nixon]] and [[Barry Goldwater]]. A liberal Republican, Rockefeller was allied with with former [[Mayor]] [[John V. Lindsay]] of New York City, who later turned [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], and [[U.S. Senator]] [[Jacob Javits]], considered the most liberal of all the Senate Republicans. | + | '''Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller''', often called '''Rocky''' (July 8, 1908 – January 26, 1979), was the [[Vice President of the United States]] under [[U.S. President]] [[Gerald Ford]] from 1974 to 1977. He was also [[governor]] of [[New York]] from 1959 to 1973. He ran unsuccessfully for the [[Republican Party|Republican]] presidential nomination in 1960, 1964, and 1968 against the more [[conservative]] choices, [[Richard M. Nixon]] and [[Barry Goldwater]]. A liberal Republican, Rockefeller was allied with with former [[Mayor]] [[John V. Lindsay]] of New York City, who later turned [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], and [[U.S. Senator]] [[Jacob Javits]], considered the most liberal of all the Senate Republicans. |
| | Born in the resort city of Bar Harbor, [[Maine]], Rockefeller was reared in New York City. In 1930, he graduated from [[Dartmouth College]] in [[New Hampshire]]. 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, by whom he had two sons remained married to her until his death. After the marriage she was known as Happy Rockefeller. | | Born in the resort city of Bar Harbor, [[Maine]], Rockefeller was reared in New York City. In 1930, he graduated from [[Dartmouth College]] in [[New Hampshire]]. 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, by whom he had two sons remained married to her until his death. After the marriage she was known as Happy Rockefeller. |