Jay Rockefeller
Jay Rockefeller
John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller IVserved as a United States Senator from West Virginia, from 1985 to 2015. 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...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth18 June 1937
CountryUnited States of America
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