Nelson Rockefeller, NY Governor, signed Seanate OKs Rocky Special Event Cover

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Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York Governor, signed "Senate Panel OKs Rocky, 9-0" Special Event Cover.  Crisp autograph on cacheted & unaddressed cover, fresh & VF.
From Wikipedia:
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller
(July 8, 1908 – January 26, 1979) was an American businessman, philanthropist, public servant, and politician. He served as the
41st
Vice President of the United States
(1974–1977) under
President
Gerald Ford
, and as the
49th Governor of New York
(1959–1973). He also served in the administrations of Presidents
Franklin Roosevelt
regarding Latin America and
Dwight Eisenhower
regarding welfare programs. A member of the wealthy
Rockefeller family
, he was also a noted art collector, as well as administrator of Rockefeller Center.
Rockefeller, a
Republican
, was politically
liberal
,
progressive
, or
moderate
. In his time, liberals in the Republican Party were called "
Rockefeller Republicans
". As Governor of New York from 1959 to 1973 his achievements included the expansion of the
State University of New York
, efforts to protect the environment, the building of the
Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza
in
Albany
, increased facilities and personnel for medical care, and creation of the New York State Council on the Arts.
After unsuccessfully seeking the Republican presidential nomination in 1960, 1964, and 1968, he served as Vice President from 1974 to 1977 under President
Gerald R. Ford
. Ford ascended to the presidency following the August 1974 resignation of
Richard Nixon
over the
Watergate Scandal
, and Ford selected Rockefeller as his replacement, only the second vice president to be appointed under the provisions of the
25th Amendment
, Ford having been the first. However Rockefeller did not join the 1976 Republican national ticket with President Ford, marking his retirement from politics.
As a businessman he was President and later Chairman of Rockefeller Center, Inc., and he formed the International Basic Economy Corporation in 1947. Rockefeller assembled a significant art collection and promoted public access to the arts. He served as trustee, treasurer, and president, of the
Museum of Modern Art
, and founded the
Museum of Primitive Art
in 1954. In the area of philanthropy, he established the American International Association for Economic and Social Development in 1946, and with his four brothers he founded the
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
in 1940 and helped guide it.
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