Photograph, Winthrop Rockefeller
Object number2015.008.17
Date1964
Associated LocationLittle Rock, Arkansas
MediumPaper, Ink
Dimensions10 × 8 1/4 in. (25.4 × 21 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
Terms
Winthrop Rockefeller was born on May 1, 1912 in New York City, New York. His grandfather, John D. Rockefeller, was the founder of Standard Oil Company. Rockefeller moved to Morrilton, Arkansas in 1953, founding Winrock Farms and entering into state politics shortly thereafter. In 1955, Govenor Orval Faubus named Rockefeller to the Arkansas Industrial Development Commission. Rockefeller lost the 1964 Governor's election to Faubus before becoming the thirty-seventh governor of Arkansas in 1967. He was reelected in 1969. Rockefeller died of pancreatic cancer on February 22, 1973, in Palm Springs, California.
Status
Not on view
