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      • John Rockefeller Party
      • Party

        Democratic
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      • Current Office

        U.S. Senate
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      • First Elected

        11/6/1984
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      • Next Election

        2014
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        12.48%
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      • Votes with Party

        98.43%
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    • John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller IV (born June 18, 1937) is the senior United States Senator from West Virginia. He was first elected to the Senate in 1984, while in office as Governor of West Virginia, a position he held from 1977 to 1985. Rockefeller moved to Emmons, West Virginia to serve as a VISTA worker in 1964, and was first elected to public office in the state, as a member of the House of Delegates, in 1966. Rockefeller was later elected West Virginia Secretary of State in 1968 and was president of West Virginia Wesleyan College from 1973 to 1976.
      As a great-grandson of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, he is the only currently serving politician of the prominent six-generation Rockefel...
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Date Born

BORN

6/18/1937

Official Birthplace

BIRTHPLACE

New York, NY

Home City

HOME CITY

Charleston, WV

Religion

Religion

  Presbyterian

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

President, West Virginia Wesleyan College, 1973-1976 Volunteer, Volunteers in Service to America, Emmons, West Virginia, 1964-1965 Volunteer, Peace Corps, 1961-1964

POLITICAL EXPERIENCE

Senator, United States Senate, 1984-present Governor, State of West Virginia, 1976-1984 Secretary of State, State of West Virginia, 1969-1973 Democratic Nominee for Governor, 1972 Delegate, West Virginia House of Delegates, 1967-1969

EDUCATION

BA, Far Eastern Languages and History, 1961

FAMILY

Wife: Sharon; 4 Children: John, Valerie, Charles, Justin

COMMITTEES JOINED
  • Sen. John Rockefeller

    Joint Committee on Taxation, Member, Subcommittee on Health Care, Chair, Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure, Member, Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy, Member, Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness, Member, Subcommittee on Oversight of the Terrorist Surveillance Program, Member, Select Committee on Intelligence, Member, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Chair, Committee on Finance, Member, Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Member,