Mary Rockefeller

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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 who served, after their divorce, as 41st Vice President of the United States.

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 Roberts, daughter of 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, Anne Rockefeller, Steven C. Rockefeller, and the twins Michael Clark Rockefeller and Mary Rockefeller.

In 1962, shortly after the socialite Happy Murphy resigned from Governor Rockefeller's staff, Tod Rockefeller divorced her husband. A year later, Happy Murphy became the governor's second wife.

Mary Todhunter Rockefeller died in New York City.

[edit] Further reading

Reich, Cary. The Life of Nelson A. Rockefeller: Worlds to Conquer, 1908 - 1958, New York: Doubleday, 1996.

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Preceded by Marie Harriman	First Lady of New York 1959–1961	Succeeded by Margaretta Rockefeller

v • d • e Rockefeller 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 Rockefeller

William Avery Rockefeller (1810–1906)	Lucy Rockefeller • John Davison Rockefeller (m.) Laura Celestia Spelman Rockefeller • William Avery Rockefeller, Jr. • Mary Ann Rockefeller • Franklin Rockefeller • Francis Rockefeller

John 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 Dodge

Elizabeth Rockefeller Strong (1866–1906) Alta Rockefeller Prentice (1871–1962) John Davison Rockefeller, Jr. (1874–1960) ---- William Goodsell Rockefeller (1870–1922) Percy Avery Rockefeller (1878–1934) Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge (1882–1973)	Margaret Strong John Rockefeller Prentice • Mary Adeline Prentice Gilbert 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 ---- 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) ---- John D. Rockefeller III (1906–1978) Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (1908–1979) Laurance Spelman Rockefeller (1910–2004) Winthrop Rockefeller (1912–1973) David Rockefeller (1915) ---- ---- Faith Rockefeller Model (1909–1960)	Abra Prentice Wilkin ---- 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. • Neva Rockefeller Goodwin • Peggy Dulany • Eileen Rockefeller Growald ---- ---- Robert Model

Jay Rockefeller (1937) ---- Rodman Rockefeller (1932–2000) Steven Clark Rockefeller (1936)	Justin Aldrich Rockefeller ---- Meile Louise Rockefeller Steven C. Rockefeller, Jr.