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

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
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, Name Your Link, Univ. of North Carolina Press, 2002
Michael Turner, The Vice President as Policy Maker: Rockefeller in the Ford White House (Contributions in Political Science), 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 (1974-1977) (Vice Presidents of the United States -- U.S. Senate)
Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1908-1979 (The Rockefeller Archive Center -- The Rockefeller University)
People & Events: Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1908-1979 (American Experience: The Rockefellers -- PBS)