Senator Jay Rockefeller
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United States Senator from West Virginia |
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In office January 15, 1985 – January 3, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Jennings Randolph |
| Succeeded by | Shelley Moore Capito |
| Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee | |
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In office January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Daniel Inouye |
| Succeeded by | John Thune |
| Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee | |
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In office January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Pat Roberts |
| Succeeded by | Dianne Feinstein |
| Chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee | |
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In office June 6, 2001 – January 3, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Arlen Specter |
| Succeeded by | Arlen Specter |
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In office January 3, 2001 – January 20, 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Arlen Specter |
| Succeeded by | Arlen Specter |
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In office January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995 |
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| Preceded by | Alan Cranston |
| Succeeded by | Alan K. Simpson |
| 29th Governor of West Virginia | |
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In office January 17, 1977 – January 14, 1985 |
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| Preceded by | Arch Moore |
| Succeeded by | Arch Moore |
| 22nd Secretary of State of West Virginia | |
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In office January 13, 1969 – January 15, 1973 |
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| Governor | Arch Moore |
| Preceded by | Robert D. Bailey, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Edgar Heiskell |
| Member of the West Virginia House of Delegates | |
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In office 1966–1968 |
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John Davison Rockefeller IV June 18, 1937 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic (1966–present) |
| Other political affiliations |
Republican (Before 1966) |
| Spouse(s) | Sharon Percy (m. 1967) |
| Children | John Davison Rockefeller V Valerie Rockefeller Charles Rockefeller Justin Aldrich Rockefeller |
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John D. Rockefeller III Blanchette Ferry Hooker |
| Relatives | See Rockefeller family |
| Alma mater |
Harvard University (A.B.) International Christian University Yale University |
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John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller IV (born June 18, 1937) served as a United States Senator from West Virginia from 1985 to 2015. He was first elected to the Senate in 1984, while in office as Governor of West Virginia, a position he held from 1977 to 1985. Rockefeller moved to Emmons, West Virginia to serve as a VISTA worker in 1964, and was first elected to public office in the state, as a member of the House of Delegates, in 1966. Rockefeller was later elected West Virginia Secretary of State in 1968 and was president of West Virginia Wesleyan College from 1973 to 1975. He became the state's senior senator when the long serving Sen. Robert Byrd died in June 2010.
As a great-grandson of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, he was the only serving politician of the prominent six-generation Rockefeller family during his tenure in the United States Senate and the only one to have held office as a Democrat in what has been a traditionally Republican dynasty, though he too was originally a Republican until he decided to run for office in what was then a strictly Democratic state. Rockefeller did not seek reelection in 2014.
John Davison Rockefeller IV was born at New York Hospital in Manhattan, New York City, to John Davison Rockefeller III (1906—1978) and Blanchette Ferry Hooker (1909—1992), 26 days after the death of his patrilineal great-grandfather, John Davison Rockefeller Sr. (1839—1937). He is the grandson of John Davison Rockefeller Jr. Jay graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1955. After his junior year at Harvard College, he spent three years studying Japanese at the International Christian University in Tokyo. He graduated from Harvard in 1961 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Far Eastern Languages and History. He attended Yale University and did graduate work in Oriental studies and studied the Chinese language, but never finished the program.
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