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

Nelson Rockefeller

American, 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.
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Additional LBJ Library holdings related to this Individual can be accessed at https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/rockefellern Additional National Archives holdings related to this Individual can be accessed at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/10581857Social Networks and Archival Context record: https://snaccooperative.org/view/84426128 
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