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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.
{Infobox officeholder
|name=Winthrop Rockefeller
|image =
|order =
|office=[[Governor]] of [[Arkansas]]
|term_start=January 10, 1967
|term_end=January 12, 1971
|predeceded=[[Orval E. Faubus]]
|succeeded=[[Dale Bumpers]]
|birth_name =
|birth_date=May 1, 1912
|birth_place=[New York City]], [[New York]]
|death_date=February 22, 1973 (aged 60)
|death_place=[[Palm Springs]], [[California]]
|resting_place= Winrock Farms<br>Morrilton, [[Arkansas]]
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|spouse=(1) Jievute"Bobo" Paulekiute<br>(m. 1948–1954; divorced)<br> (2) Jeannette Edris<br>(m. 1956–1971; divorced)
|parents=[[John D. Rockefeller Jr.|John Davison Rockefeller Jr.]]<br>Abigail Greene Aldrich Rockefeller
|children=From first marriage:<br>
Winthrop Paul Rockefeller
|occupation=[[Business]]man<br>
[[Lieutenant colonel]] in [[United States Army]] in [[World War II
|religion=[[Methodist]]
}}
'''Winthrop Rockefeller''' (May 1, 1912 – February 22, 1973) was a [[farmer]], [[business]]man, and philanthropist who was the first [[Republican Party|Republican]] since [[Reconstruction]] to serve as the governor of the U.S. state of [[Arkansas]]. Considered a [[Moderate Republican]], 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.