When did Rockefeller start serving as the Governor of New York?
1955
1957
1959
1961
Answer
Nelson Rockefeller started serving as the Governor of New York in 1959, after being appointed by then-President Dwight D. Eisenhower to fill the vacancy left by the death of Governor W. Averell Harriman. Rockefeller was elected to a full term in 1960 and served until 1973.
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