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What year did Nelson Rockefeller retire from politics?

  • 1977

  • 1976

  • 1975

  • 1978

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Nelson Rockefeller retired from politics in 1977. He had been a Republican governor of New York from 1959 to 1973, and then served as vice president under Gerald Ford from 1974 to 1977. Rockefeller was a wealthy businessman and philanthropist, and he was also a member of the Rockefeller family, one of the most powerful families in American history.
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