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Jay Rockefeller

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Jay Rockefeller

Birth data

Gender
Male
Birth date
June 18, 1937
Date of death
November 6, 2026 (died aged 89)
Birth time
21:30（UTC-04:00）
As recorded: 21:30 (= 9:30 PM)
Birthplace
Manhattan, New York City, New York, United StatesAs recorded: New York, New York, 40n43, 74w0
Country / region
United States
Reliability
AReported by the person, family or close contacts

Biography

John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller IV (June 18, 1937 – November 6, 2026) was an American Democratic politician who served as governor of West Virginia from 1977 to 1985 and as a United States senator from West Virginia from 1985 to 2015.

A great-grandson of the oil magnate John D. Rockefeller, he came from the prominent Rockefeller family and was the only Democrat in that traditionally Republican family. In 1964 he moved to West Virginia as a Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) worker. He then served in the West Virginia House of Delegates (1966–1968), as West Virginia's secretary of state (1968–1973) and as president of West Virginia Wesleyan College (1973–1975), and was elected to two terms as governor. He was first elected to the Senate in 1984, while still serving as governor.

In the Senate he sat on the Finance Committee and became a leading advocate of health care reform. He authored the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and played a crucial role in passing the Affordable Care Act of 2010. He also served on the Veterans' Affairs Committee for his entire Senate career, chairing it several times, and worked to expand research and treatment for service-related illnesses. He announced in 2013 that he would not seek reelection, left office in 2015, and was succeeded by a Republican congresswoman.

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