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'''Winthrop Rockefeller''' (1912-1973) was a farmer, [[business]]man, and philanthropist who was the first [[Republican]] since [[Reconstruction]] to serve as the governor of the U.S. state of [[Arkansas]]. His tenure extended for two two-year terms from 1967 to 1971.

'''Winthrop Rockefeller''' (1912-1973) was a farmer, [[business]]man, and philanthropist who was the first [[Republican]] since [[Reconstruction]] to serve as the governor of the U.S. state of [[Arkansas]]. His tenure extended for two two-year terms from 1967 to 1971.

A member of the [[John D. Rockefeller]] petroleum family and a brother of Governor [[Nelson A. Rockefeller]] of [[New York]] and banker [[David Rockefeller]], Winthrop Rockefeller served with distinction in [[World War II]]. In 1953, he relocated to Arkansas to establish a farm and ranch at Petit Jean Mountain in Conway County. In 1955, his later political rival, [[Orval E. Faubus]], appointed Rockefeller to head the newly-established Arkansas Industrial Development Commission. He hence worked to recruit industries into his adopted state until 1964, when he resigned from the commission in order to challenge Faubus for reelection. The [[Democrat]] Faubus defeated Rockefeller, 57-43 percent, as [[U.S. President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] overpowered [[Barry Goldwater]] in Arkansas by the same margin.  

A member of the [[John D. Rockefeller]] petroleum family and a brother of Governor [[Nelson A. Rockefeller]] of [[New York]] and banker [[David Rockefeller]], Winthrop Rockefeller served with distinction in [[World War II]]. In 1953, he relocated to Arkansas to establish a farm and ranch at Petit Jean Mountain in Conway County. In 1955, his later political rival, [[Orval E. Faubus]], appointed Rockefeller to head the newly established Arkansas Industrial Development Commission. He hence worked to recruit industries into his adopted state until 1964, when he resigned from the commission in order to challenge Faubus for reelection. The [[Democrat]] Faubus defeated Rockefeller, 57-43 percent, as [[U.S. President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] overpowered [[Barry Goldwater]] in Arkansas by the same margin.  

Rockefeller became the Arkansas Republican national committeeman in 1961, when he replaced the attorney [[Wallace Townsend]] of [[Little Rock]]. He soon quarreled with state chairman [[William L. Spicer]], the owner of a chain of drive-in theaters from  [[Fort Smith, Arkansas|Fort Smith]], who was more [[conservative]] than the moderate-to-liberal Rockefeller. The embattled Spicer, a [[Barry Goldwater]] supporter, resigned as chairman in 1964 and was succeeded by future [[U.S. Representative]] [[John Paul Hammerschmidt]], a Rockefeller supporter but more conservative politically than Rockefeller.

Rockefeller became the Arkansas Republican national committeeman in 1961, when he replaced the attorney [[Wallace Townsend]] of [[Little Rock]]. He soon quarreled with state chairman [[William L. Spicer]], the owner of a chain of drive-in theaters from  [[Fort Smith, Arkansas|Fort Smith]], who was more [[conservative]] than the moderate-to-liberal Rockefeller. The embattled Spicer, a [[Barry Goldwater]] supporter, resigned as chairman in 1964 and was succeeded by future [[U.S. Representative]] [[John Paul Hammerschmidt]], a Rockefeller supporter but more conservative politically than Rockefeller.