The Rockefeller family
New York · Arkansas · West Virginia · Senate · Governor
Combined career popular votes
16,209,479
Members on the ballot
3
Combined W–L
13–3
Years on the ballot
1958–2008
Nelson Rockefeller was a four-term governor of New York and vice president under Gerald Ford; his brother Winthrop Rockefeller was elected governor of Arkansas; and Nelson’s nephew Jay Rockefeller served as governor and then long-time U.S. senator from West Virginia. The family held statewide office in three different states.
| Member | Offices | Years | Career popular votes | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jay RockefellerD | Senate · Governor | 1972–2008 | 3,077,820 | 7–1 |
| Nelson RockefellerR | Governor | 1958–1970 | 12,050,574 | 4–0 |
| Winthrop RockefellerR | Governor | 1964–1970 | 1,081,085 | 2–2 |
How this is measured
Combined career popular votes are summed across the 3 family members we track, each counted once across every presidential, U.S. Senate, governor, and U.S. House election in our data. Family membership is hand-curated and verified against primary sources, never matched by surname alone, so unrelated namesakes are never folded in. A vote for a presidential ticket counts for both the president and the vice-presidential candidate, matching how each profile reports its own totals.