"Senator Rockefeller" redirects here. For the Washington State Senate member, see Phil Rockefeller.
Jay Rockefeller
United States Senator from West Virginia
In office January 15, 1985 – January 3, 2015
Preceded by
Jennings Randolph
Succeeded by
Shelley Moore Capito
Chair of the Senate Commerce Committee
In office January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2015
Preceded by
Daniel Inouye
Succeeded by
John Thune
Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee
In office January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009
Preceded by
Pat Roberts
Succeeded by
Dianne Feinstein
Chair of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
In office June 6, 2001 – January 3, 2003
Preceded by
Arlen Specter
Succeeded by
Arlen Specter
In office January 3, 2001 – January 20, 2001
Preceded by
Arlen Specter
Succeeded by
Arlen Specter
In office January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995
Preceded by
Alan Cranston
Succeeded by
Alan Simpson
29th Governor of West Virginia
In office January 17, 1977 – January 14, 1985
Preceded by
Arch A. Moore Jr.
Succeeded by
Arch A. Moore Jr.
22nd Secretary of State of West Virginia
In office January 13, 1969 – January 15, 1973
Governor
Arch A. Moore Jr.
Preceded by
Robert D. Bailey Jr.
Succeeded by
Hike Heiskell
Member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from Kanawha County
In office December 1, 1966 – December 1, 1968
Preceded by
12 members
Jesse S. Barker
J.F. Bedell
Thomas L. Black
Pat Board
Kelly L. Castleberry
Kenneth L. Coghill
Charles C. Dunaway
James E. Kessinger
Thomas A. Knight
James W. Loop
Jack L. Pauley
Fred Scott
Succeeded by
4 members
J. Dempsey Gibson
Phillis J. Rutledge
Sam C. Savilla
Harlan Wilson
Personal details
Born
John Rockefeller[1]
(1937-06-18) June 18, 1937 (age 86) New York City, New York, U.S.
Political party
Democratic (1966–present)
Other political affiliations
Republican (before 1966)
Spouse
Sharon Percy
(m. 1967)
Children
John V.
Valerie
Charles
Justin
Parent(s)
John Davison Rockefeller III Blanchette Ferry Hooker
Relatives
See Rockefeller family
Education
Harvard University (AB) International Christian University Yale University
Signature
Jay Rockefeller's voice
Jay Rockefeller speaks at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on reauthorizing the Patriot Act Recorded April 27, 2005
John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller IV (born June 18, 1937) is a retired American politician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia (1985–2015). He was first elected to the Senate in 1984, while in office as governor of West Virginia (1977–1985). Rockefeller moved to Emmons, West Virginia, to serve as a VISTA worker in 1964 and was first elected to public office as a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates (1966-1968). Rockefeller was later elected secretary of state of West Virginia (1968–1973) and was president of West Virginia Wesleyan College (1973–1975). He became the state's senior U.S. senator when the long-serving Senator Robert Byrd died in June 2010.
Rockefeller is a great-grandson of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, who died less than a month before Jay's birth. He was the only serving politician of the 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 family (though he too was originally a Republican until he decided to run for office in the then-heavily Democratic state).[2] Rockefeller did not seek reelection in 2014 and was succeeded by Republican U.S. Representative Shelley Moore Capito.[3]
^"Jay: A Rockefeller's Journey".
^Only Democrat in a staunchly Republican dynasty – see Harr, John Ensor; Johnson, Peter J. (1988). The Rockefeller Century: Three Generations of America's Greatest Family. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 394. ISBN 0-684-18936-4.
^Weiner, Rachel (January 11, 2013). "Jay Rockefeller won't run in 2014". Washington Post. Retrieved September 21, 2013.
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