NELSON ALDRICH ROCKEFELLER

[Library of Congress]

1908-1979

41st Vice President (1974-1977)

Biographical Data
Religious Views
Quotations
References, Links, & Further Reading

Education: Dartmouth

Occupation: business executive

Political Affiliation: Republican

Religious Affiliation: Baptist

Summary of Religious Views:

Views on Religion & Politics:

Quotations:

"I do not believe it right for one group to impose its vision of morality on an entire society." -- Veto Message (as Governor of New York), 13 May 1972

References, Links, & Further Reading: Books, Articles, Links

Books

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Elizabeth Anne Cobbs, The Rich Neighbor Policy: Rockefeller and Kaiser in Brazil, Yale Univ. Press, 1992
Gerard Colby & Charlotte Dennett, Thy Will Be Done: The Conquest of the Amazon : Nelson Rockefeller and Evangelism in the Age of Oil, Harper Collins, 1995
Frank Gervasi, The Real Rockefeller; the Story of the Rise, Decline and Resurgence of the Presidential Aspirations of Nelson Rockefeller, Atheneum, 1964
Michael Kramer and Sam Roberts, I Never Wanted To Be Vice- President of Anything! An Investigative Biography of Nelson Rockefeller, Basic Books, 1976
Joseph Persico, The Imperial Rockefeller, Simon and Schuster, 1982
Cary Reich, The Life of Nelson A. Rockefeller Worlds to Conquer 1908-1958, Doubleday, 1996
Darlene Rivas, Missionary Capitalist: Nelson Rockefeller in Venezuela, Univ. of North Carolina Press, 2002
Cary Reich, The Life of Nelson A. Rockefeller, Doubleday, 1996
Richard Norton Smith, On His Own Terms: A Life of Nelson Rockefeller, Random House, 2014
Michael Turner, The Vice President as Policy Maker: Rockefeller in the Ford White House, Greenwood, 1982
James E. Underwood & William J. Daniels, Governor Rockefeller in New York: The Apex of Pragmatic Liberalism, Greenwood, 1982

Articles

Links

ROCKEFELLER, Nelson Aldrich, 1908-1979 (Biographical Directory of the US Congress)
Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1908-1979 (The Rockefeller Archive Center -- The Rockefeller University)
Biography: Nelson A. Rockefeller (American Experience -- PBS)