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Mary Todhunter Clark Rockefeller (June 17, 1907 – April 21, 1999) was the first wife of Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, a Governor of New York. He served, after their divorce, as the 41st Vice President of the United States.
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Biography
Known as Tod to her family, she was born in Philadelphia. Her father, Percy Hamilton Clark, was an attorney and noted cricketer, and her mother was Elizabeth Williams Roberts, daughter of George B. Roberts, a former president of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
She married Nelson Rockefeller on June 23, 1930, at St. Asaph's Episcopal Church in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, with a reception at the home of her parents, a few days after Nelson had graduated from Dartmouth College. They had five children: Rodman Rockefeller, Ann Rockefeller, Steven Clark Rockefeller, and twins Michael Clark Rockefeller and Mary Rockefeller.
Tod Rockefeller divorced her husband on March 16, 1962.[1] A year later, Happy Murphy became the governor's second wife.
Mary Todhunter Rockefeller died in New York City in 1999 at the age of 91.[2]
Further reading
- Reich, Cary. The Life of Nelson A. Rockefeller: Worlds to Conquer, 1908 - 1958, New York: Doubleday, 1996.
References
- ^ "Rockefeller, Second Wife Expecting Baby In June". New York Times. January 1, 1964. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/1718310112.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jan+01,+1964&author=&pub=The+Sun+(1837-1985)&desc=Rockefeller,+Second+Wife+Expecting+Baby+In+June&pqatl=google. Retrieved 2010-12-09. "Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller, candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination, is a father-to-be. ... Rockefeller, 55, is a grand-father. He and his first wife, Mrs. Mary Todhunter Clark Rockefeller, who divorced him in Reno, Nev., on March 16, 1962, ..."
- ^ Eric Pace (22 April 1999), "Mary C. Rockefeller, Governor's Former Wife, Dead at 91", New York Times: C23, http://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/22/nyregion/mary-c-rockefeller-governor-s-former-wife-dead-at-91.html?pagewanted=all, retrieved 17 December 2009, "Mary Clark Rockefeller, who was prominent in the education of nurses and was New York State's First Lady when she was married to Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller, died yesterday at her home on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. She was 91. ..."
See also
Honorary titles Preceded by
Marie HarrimanFirst Lady of New York
1959–1962Succeeded by
Margaretta RockefellerRockefeller family Ancestors Johann Peter Rockefeller (1682–1763) (Arrived in America ca.1723) • (Grandson) William Rockefeller • Godfrey Rockefeller (1745–1818) • Godfrey Lewis Rockefeller (1784–1857) • William Avery RockefellerWilliam Avery Rockefeller (1810–1906) Lucy Rockefeller • John Davison Rockefeller (m.) Laura Celestia Spelman Rockefeller • William Avery Rockefeller, Jr. • Mary Ann Rockefeller • Franklin Rockefeller • Francis RockefellerJohn Davison Rockefeller (1839–1937)
William Rockefeller (1841–1922)Elizabeth "Bessie" Rockefeller Strong • Alice Rockefeller • Alta Rockefeller Prentice • Edith Rockefeller McCormick (m.) Harold Fowler McCormick • John Davison Rockefeller, Jr. (m.) Abigail "Abby" Greene Aldrich
Lewis Edward Rockefeller • Emma Rockefeller McAlpin • William Goodsell Rockefeller • John Davison Rockefeller • Percy Avery Rockefeller • Geraldine Rockefeller DodgeElizabeth Rockefeller Strong (1866–1906)
Alta Rockefeller Prentice (1871–1962)
John Davison Rockefeller, Jr. (1874–1960)
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William Goodsell Rockefeller (1870–1922)
Percy Avery Rockefeller (1878–1934)
Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge (1882–1973)Margaret Strong
John Rockefeller Prentice
Abby Rockefeller Mauzé • John D. Rockefeller III (m.) Blanchette Ferry Hooker • Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (m.1st.) Mary Todhunter Clark (m.2nd.) Margaretta Fitler Murphy • Laurance Spelman Rockefeller • Winthrop Rockefeller • David Rockefeller
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Godfrey Stillman Rockefeller • James Stillman Rockefeller • John Sterling Rockefeller
Isabel Rockefeller Lincoln (m.) Frederic Walker Lincoln, Jr. • Avery Rockefeller • Winifred Rockefeller Emeny • Faith Rockefeller Model
Marcellus Hartley Dodge, Jr.John Rockefeller Prentice (1902–1972)
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John D. Rockefeller III (1906–1978)
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (1908–1979)
Laurance Spelman Rockefeller (1910–2004)
Winthrop Rockefeller (1912–1973)
David Rockefeller (1915)
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Faith Rockefeller Model (1909–1960)Abra Prentice Wilkin
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John Davison ("Jay") Rockefeller IV • Hope Aldrich Rockefeller • Alida Rockefeller Messinger
Rodman Rockefeller • Steven Clark Rockefeller • Michael Rockefeller • Mark Fitler Rockefeller
Laura Spelman Rockefeller Chasin • Marion French Rockefeller
Winthrop Paul Rockefeller
David Rockefeller, Jr. • Abby Rockefeller • Neva Rockefeller Goodwin • Peggy Dulany • Eileen Rockefeller Growald
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Robert ModelJay Rockefeller (1937)
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Rodman Rockefeller (1932–2000)
Steven Clark Rockefeller (1936)Categories:- Rockefeller family
- Clark banking family
- 1907 births
- 1999 deaths
- People from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- First Ladies and Gentlemen of New York
- American politics biographical stubs
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