Nelson rockefeller biography

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THE LIFE OF NELSON ROCKEFELLER

TOM PUTNAM: Good evening. I'm Tom Putnam, Director of the John F. Kennedy

Presidential Library and Museum. And on behalf of Heather Campion, the CEO of the Kennedy Library Foundation, and all of my Library and Foundation colleagues, I thank you for coming. Welcome all those watching on C-SPAN, and acknowledge the generous underwriters of the Kennedy Library Forums, lead sponsor Bank of America, Raytheon,

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You're familiar with the story. It's the late s, a young attractive presidential candidate, scion to financial fortune, a one-man force field of celebrity, good looks and charm fresh off electoral victory in his home state in the northeast, impatient with the status quo under President Eisenhower, itching to get the country moving again, and encountering his main impediment to the White House in the form of

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The Life of Nelson A. Rockefeller: Worlds to Conquer,

A triumph of the biographer&#;s art, The Life of Nelson A. Rockefeller is the first full-length biography of one of the most powerful, magnetic, fascinating figures on the twentieth-century stage.

Of all the great American dynastic families, few could match the combined wealth, power, and influence of the Rockefellers. And of all the Rockefellers, none was more determined to use these advantages than Nelson A. Rockefeller.

Nelson was never content to live off the fame and fortune due him as a Rockefeller. His imperious grandfather, John D. Rockefeller, and intimidating father, John Jr., set standards and boundaries that Nelson blithely ignored. He pushed for position within the family, and then broke a family taboo by taking his ambition to the forbidden world of politics. A devoted family man, he took many lovers with an almost casual sense of droit du seigneur. He surrounded himself with brilliant, devoted subordinates;

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Nelson Rockefeller

Vice President of the United States from to

Nelson Rockefeller
Official portrait,
In office December 19, &#;– January 20,
President	Gerald Ford
Preceded by	Gerald Ford
Succeeded by	Walter Mondale
In office January 1, &#;– December 18,
Lieutenant	Malcolm Wilson
Preceded by	W. Averell Harriman
Succeeded by	Malcolm Wilson
In office June 11, &#;– December 22,
President	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Herold Christian Hunt
In office December 20, &#;– August 17,
President
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Spruille Braden
Born	Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller ()July 8, Bar Harbor, Maine, U.S.
Died	January 26, () (aged&#;70) New York City, U.S.
Resting place	Rockefeller Family Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, New York, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouses
Children	7, including Rodman, Ann, Steven, Michael,