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Note: This is just one of
1,325
family groupings listed on
The Political Graveyard web site.
These families each have three or more politician members,
all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.
This specific family group is a subset of the
much larger Four Thousand
Related Politicians group. An individual may be listed
with more than one subset.
These groupings — even the names of the groupings,
and the areas of main activity — are the
result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,
not the choices of any historian or genealogist.
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Henry Rockefeller (1778-1831) —
of Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in Germantown, Columbia
County, N.Y., January
17, 1778.
Merchant;
member of New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1813-14.
Died in Germantown, Columbia
County, N.Y., January
6, 1831 (age 52 years, 354
days).
Interment at Germantown
Reformed Cemetery, Germantown, N.Y.
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Simon S. Rockefeller (1804-1884) —
of Germantown, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in Germantown, Columbia
County, N.Y., July 24,
1804.
Member of New York
state assembly from Columbia County, 1827.
Died in Germantown, Columbia
County, N.Y., June 7,
1884 (age 79 years, 319
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Phillips Rockefeller (1845-1900) —
also known as John P. Rockefeller —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Germantown, Columbia
County, N.Y., December
2, 1845.
Republican. Ice
business; member of New York
state assembly from New York County 9th District, 1885.
Died in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
21, 1900 (age 54 years, 109
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Lewis Kirby Rockefeller (1875-1948) —
also known as Lewis K. Rockefeller —
of Albany, Albany
County, N.Y.; Chatham, Columbia
County, N.Y.
Born in Schenectady, Schenectady
County, N.Y., November
25, 1875.
Republican. Accountant;
Deputy New York State Tax Commissioner, 1915-21; Deputy New York
State Commissioner of Taxation and Finance, 1921-33; chair of
Columbia County Republican Party, 1933-40; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 1936;
U.S.
Representative from New York 27th District, 1937-43.
Presbyterian.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Canaan, Columbia
County, N.Y., September
18, 1948 (age 72 years, 298
days).
Interment at Kinderhook
Cemetery, Kinderhook, N.Y.
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Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (1908-1979) —
also known as Nelson A. Rockefeller;
"Rocky" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Tarrytown, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Bar Harbor, Hancock
County, Maine, July 8,
1908.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,
1956
(alternate), 1960,
1964
(delegation chair); Governor of
New York, 1959-73; candidate for Republican nomination for
President, 1960,
1964,
1968;
Vice
President of the United States, 1974-77.
Baptist.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Council on
Foreign Relations; Knights
of Pythias.
Participated in the founding of the United Nations; received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1977.
Died, from a massive heart
attack, in his office,
New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
26, 1979 (age 70 years, 202
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Rockefeller
Family Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of John Davison Rockefeller, Jr. and Abby (Aldrich) Rockefeller;
brother of Winthrop
Rockefeller; married, June 23,
1930, to Mary
Todhunter Clark; married, May 4,
1963, to Happy
Murphy (great-granddaughter of Edwin
Henry Fitler; third great-granddaughter of John
Sergeant; first cousin once removed of George
Brooke Roberts Jr.); nephew of Richard
Steere Aldrich and Winthrop
Williams Aldrich; uncle of John
Davison Rockefeller IV and Winthrop
Paul Rockefeller; grandson of John Davison Rockefeller and Nelson
Wilmarth Aldrich; first cousin four times removed of Simon
S. Rockefeller; first cousin five times removed of Henry
Rockefeller; second cousin of David Hunter McAlpin (who married
Nina
Underwood); second cousin thrice removed of John
Phillips Rockefeller; fourth cousin once removed of Lewis
Kirby Rockefeller. |
| |  | Political families: Rockefeller
#1 family of New York City, New York; Rockefeller
#2 family of New York City, New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| |  | Cross-reference: Stewart
G. Anderson — John
H. Terry |
| |  | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — National
Governors Association biography — Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — Find-A-Grave
memorial — OurCampaigns
candidate detail |
| |  | Books about Nelson A. Rockefeller: Cary
Reich, The
Life of Nelson A. Rockefeller : Worlds to Conquer,
1908-1958 — Joseph H. Boyd, Oreos
and Dubonnet: Remembering Governor Nelson A.
Rockefeller |
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Winthrop Rockefeller (1912-1973) —
of Morrilton, Conway
County, Ark.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 1,
1912.
Republican. Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of
Republican
National Committee from Arkansas, 1961; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Arkansas, 1964
(delegation chair), 1972
(delegation co-chair); Governor of
Arkansas, 1967-71; Republican Presidential Elector for Arkansas,
1972
(did not serve).
Baptist.
Member, Urban
League; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Kappa
Delta Pi.
Died of lung
cancer or pancreatic
cancer, Palm Springs, Riverside
County, Calif., February
22, 1973 (age 60 years, 297
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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John Davison Rockefeller IV (b. 1937) —
also known as Jay Rockefeller —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 18,
1937.
Democrat. Served
in the Peace Corps; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1967-68;
secretary
of state of West Virginia, 1969-72; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from West Virginia, 1972
(alternate), 1976
(alternate), 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
president,
West Virginia Wesleyan College, 1973-75; Governor of
West Virginia, 1977-85; defeated, 1972; U.S.
Senator from West Virginia, 1985-.
Presbyterian.
Member, Trilateral
Commission.
Still living as of 2024.
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Winthrop Paul Rockefeller (1948-2006) —
also known as Win Paul Rockefeller —
of Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., September
17, 1948.
Republican. Rancher; Arkansas
Republican state chair, 1994; Lieutenant
Governor of Arkansas, 1996-2006; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Arkansas, 2004.
Methodist.
Member, National Rifle
Association.
Died, from a blood
disorder and complications of pneumonia,
in Little Rock, Pulaski
County, Ark., July 16,
2006 (age 57 years, 302
days).
Burial location unknown.
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