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Jay Rockefeller

Politician

Jay Rockefeller is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Jay Rockefeller · John D. Rockefeller, IV · Джей Рокфеллер · Джон Дэвисон IV Рокфеллер · ג'יי רוקפלר · 6 more...				[sources]
Other name	Ioannes Davison Rockefeller · Jay Rockefeller · John D. Rockefeller IV · John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller IV · John Davison Rockefeller IV · 13 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1937-06-18				[sources]
Place of birth	New York City				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Davison · John				[sources]
Last name	Rockefeller				[sources]
Website	rockefeller.senate.gov				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q285102				[sources]
Position	Governor of West Virginia (1977-1985) · Member of the West Virginia House of Delegates (1966-1968) · Secretary of State of West Virginia (1969-1973) · Senate (member, 2005-2007) · Senate (member, 2007-2009) · 19 more...				[sources]
Education	Eliot House · Harvard College (-1961) · International Christian University (1957-1960) · Phillips Exeter Academy (-1954) · St. Albans School · 1 more...				[sources]
Religion	Presbyterian Church				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-01	Last processed	2025-10-21	First seen	2019-05-21

Descriptions

American politician (born 1937)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-02-09

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Sandra Ferry Rockefeller Close Associate	sibling	-	-
Valerie Rockefeller Wayne Close Associate	child	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States senator	2013-01-06	2015-01-03
United States senator	2011-01-06

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Sharon Percy Rockefeller Politician	spouse	1967	-

Data sources

Every Politician57,893

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,194

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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Wikidata350,352

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions549,635

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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