VICE PRESIDENT NELSON A. ROCKEFELLER - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 01/09/1959 - HFSID 317301
Price: $280.00
NELSON A. ROCKEFELLER
At the beginning of the year which would see his first election as Governor,
Rockefeller thanks former FDR law partner Basil O'Connor for a Christmas
gift.
Typed Letter signed: "Nelson", 1 page, 5¾x7¾. New York, N. Y., 1959
January 9. On personal letterhead to Basil O'Connor, New York, N. Y. In
full: "Thank you so much for your Christmas gift. 'A Friend Is Someone
Who Likes You' is a really delightful book and you are most thoughtful to send
it to us. With again many thanks and very best wishes for the New Year,
Sincerely". NELSON A. ROCKEFELLER (1908-1979), the grandson of John
D. Rockefeller Sr., was Governor of New York from 1959-1973 and sought
the Republican Presidential nomination in 1964 and 1968. (He secured Platform
assurances from Vice President Nixon in exchange for not contesting the
nomination in 1960.) When President Nixon resigned and Vice President Ford
succeeded to the presidency in 1974, Rockefeller was chosen by President Ford
to be Vice President of the U.S. under the provisions of the 25th Amendment.
Rockefeller, who did not seek the nomination in 1976, served as VP from
1974-1977. Rockefeller died a billionaire, and yet "Rockefeller
Republican" is a term still used to describe liberal Republicans. Basil
O'Connor (1892-1972), President Franklin Roosevelt's former law partner, was
also founder of the National Institute for Infantile Paralysis (now the March of
Dimes) and President of the American Red Cross. Normal mailing folds. Slightly
toned. Light surface creases. Otherwise, fine condition.
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