nelson rockefeller

     

From a famous family, he was an expert on Latin America

Trivia about nelson rockefeller

  • This former New York governor was reportedly with a young woman when he died suddenly in 1979
  • He was the 41st vice president of the U.S.
  • Not tricky enough? This New York governor lost the GOP nomination to Richard Nixon in 1968
  • This Republican governor served 14 years; longer than any man since statehood
  • This '70s vice president's wife Margaretta was known as Happy
  • In 1973 he resigned as governor of New York to found the Commission on Critical Choices for Americans
  • In 1958 he was elected Governor of New York; he was reelected 3 times
  • This "Spendthrift of Albany" had some "Rocky" times
  • In 1976 this vice president identified 3 periods in life: youth, middle age & how well you look
  • Mary Todhunter Clark& Margaretta "Happy" Murphy
  • Later veep, this N.Y. governor challenged Nixon for the Republican presidential nomination in 1968
  • Nelson Aldrich, a senator from 1881 to 1911, was the grandfather of this vice president named for him
  • Seen here, he served as vice president for just over 2 years
  • He was sworn in as vice president December 19, 1974