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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. Rockefeller had lost some conservative support to Faubus as a result of a longstanding feud that he had maintained with the former state party chairman, [[William L. Spicer]] of Fort Smith.  

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 had lost some conservative support to Faubus as a result of a longstanding feud that he had maintained with the former state party chairman, [[William L. Spicer]] of [[Fort Smith, Arkansas|Fort Smith]].  

Rockefeller became the Republican national committeeman from Arkansas in 1961, when he replaced the attorney [[Wallace Townsend]] of [[Little Rock]] in that position. 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 Republican Rockefeller. Spicer resigned as chairman in 1964 and was succeeded by future [[U.S. Representative]] John Paul Hammerschmidt, a Rockefeller supporter but one more conservative than Rockefeller.

Rockefeller became the Republican national committeeman from Arkansas in 1961, when he replaced the attorney [[Wallace Townsend]] of [[Little Rock]] in that position. 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 Republican Rockefeller. Spicer resigned as chairman in 1964 and was succeeded by future [[U.S. Representative]] John Paul Hammerschmidt, a Rockefeller supporter but one more conservative than Rockefeller.