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Winthrop Paul Rockefeller

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Winthrop Rockefeller, Jr., the son of former Arkansas Governor Winthrop Rockefeller, was born in September, 1948.

Rockefeller was elected Lieutenant Governor in 1996 in a special election when Mike Huckabee ascended to the Governor's office following Jim Guy Tucker's resignation. Rockefeller was re-elected in 1998 to a full four year term, receiving 67% of the votes. Lt. Governor Rockefeller is a graduate of Pembroke College, Oxford University, and Texas Christian University. As Lt. Governor in 1997, he created Books in the Attic, a program using existing resources and volunteers to ensure access to reading opportunities for all children. He is the immediate past president of the Quapaw Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America and currently serves on the Boy Scouts National Board of Directors. He served from 1981-1995 on the Arkansas State Police Commission. In 1991, he was appointed by President George H.W. Bush to serve on the President’s Council on Rural America and was elected chairman. Rockefeller serves as chief executive of Winrock Farms, Inc. and has interests in various small businesses around the state in the areas of retailing, automobiles, farming and the resort industry. He is an active member of the National Federation of Independent Business.

  • Currently, Lt. Governor Rockefeller is vying for the Republican nomination to run for Governor of Arkansas in the 2006 general election.
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