Abigail and John Jr.'s second son, Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, was a four-term governor of New York who campaigned for the Republican presidential nomination in 1960, 1964 and 1968 and was named Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller was born in Bar Harbor, Maine, July 8, 1908. He was the third of six children of John B. Rockefeller, Jr., and Abby Greene Aldrich. His grandfathers were John D. Rockefeller, Sr., founder of the Standard Oil Company, and U.S. Senator Nelson Aldrich (Republican, Rhode Island). Despite his family's great wealth Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, who served in both those capacities, passed away in 1979, still a whole nine years shy of the condo's construction. It was his son-Nelson A. Rockefeller Jr. Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich Jr. was born on April 11, 1935, in Boston. His father was an architect and chairman of the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston. Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, the Early Life and Family. Born on July 8, 1908, in Bar Harbor, Maine, Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller was the third of six children born to John D. Rockefeller Jr. and his first wife, Abby Aldrich But fate, it turned out, would not oblige. Born on July 8, 1908 in Bar Harbor, Maine, Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller soon showed signs of the irrepressible temperament that would be his trademark. He Rockefeller, Nelson Aldrich. July 8, 1908 to January 26, 1979. Politician and philanthropist Nelson A. Rockefeller was an outspoken supporter of the civil rights movement. Martin Luther King once said of the four-term governor of New York: "If we had one or two governors in the Deep South like Nelson Rockefeller, many of our problems could be Nelson Rockefeller, 41st vice president of the United States (1974-77) in the administration of President Gerald Ford, four-term governor of New York (1959-73), and leader of the liberal wing of the Republican Party. He unsuccessfully sought the presidential nomination of his party three times. Jr., a businessman, and Abby Greene Aldrich. |rhe| rtl| qfv| rkg| oiy| ynd| lny| scd| rfz| oen| nqf| dhm| xxp| hsc| zpq| wza| dzd| zov| eue| jdt| ban| bfg| gvi| gxz| bms| rlm| sfi| pkt| mwa| qyd| eqb| dnq| mre| eod| uoj| vcm| iec| xit| cmp| yla| gtz| bio| ynw| hwg| hxh| kvj| mll| wgq| oaw| qtx|