Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Artifact No. 1969.80.1187

Nelson Rockefeller

United States, 1908 - 1979

Assistant Secretary of the State for Latin American Affairs (1944)
Head of International Development Advisory Board (1950)
Chairman of Presidential Advisory Committee (1952)
Governor of New York (1958-1970)
Republican Presidential Candidate (1960)
Republican Presidential Candidate (1964)
Republican Presidential Candidate (1968)
Republican Presidential Candidate (1973)
Republican Presidential Candidate (1976)
Vice President of the United States (1974)

Nelson Rockefeller was elected as the governor of New York in 1958 and served four consecutive terms until 1973. In 1974, Rockefeller was named Vice President of the United States under President Gerald Ford, who rose to office following the resignation of Richard Nixon.