Nelson Rockefeller: Timeline

1964   Nelson Rockefeller defeats Barry Goldwater Barry Goldwater

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 in the Oregon Oregon

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 Republican primary, slowing but not stalling Goldwater's drive toward the nomination.

1974   Former New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller is sworn in as Vice President of the United States Vice President of the United States

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1975   U.S. President Gerald Ford Gerald Ford

Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr., was the 38th President of the United States [i]. ... 

 appoints Vice President Nelson Rockefeller to head a special commission looking into alleged domestic abuses by the CIA.

1979   Died