Rockefeller accomplished much during his time as lieutenant governor of Arkansas from 1996 to the time of his death on 2006. Winthrop Paul Rockefeller came from a family that promoted philanthropy and duty. He upheld his famous grandmother’s (Abigail “Abby”…
Rockefeller’s first venture into elected politics came when he won a narrow victory over Charlie Cole Chaffin for lieutenant governor in the November 1996 special election, which was necessitated by the resignation of Governor Jim Guy Tucker, Jr., and the…
Rockefeller had many interests and affiliations prior to and during his terms as lieutenant governor of Arkansas. He was appointed to the Youth Services Master Plan group in 1972 and chaired the Arkansas Juvenile Justice Advisory Group from 1976 to…
Winthrop Paul Rockefeller was born in New York City but spent his early years on a farm in Indiana that belonged to his mother’s parents, where he reportedly learned Lithuanian before English. Much of his early education occurred overseas in…
Winthrop Paul Rockefeller served as Arkansas’s seventeenth lieutenant governor from 1996-2006. Following in the footsteps of numerous Rockefellers before him, his philanthropy and political activities left a lasting impression on the state of Arkansas.
