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John D. Rockefeller IV, West Virginia Governor and Senator, Dies at 89

The rare Democrat in a fabled family of wealthy Republicans, he served 30 years as senator and helped bring health insurance to millions of low-income children.

© Brendan Smialowski for The New York Times

John D. Rockefeller IV on Capitol Hill in 2009. He served five terms as a U.S. senator and two as governor.
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Musk Is the World’s First Trillionaire. Who Was the First Billionaire?

John D. Rockefeller, the Gilded Age oil baron, became America’s first billionaire in 1916. Like Elon Musk’s ascension, the milestone made headlines.

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John D. Rockefeller Sr., in Lakewood, N.J., in 1933. Rockefeller, the Gilded Age oil baron, became a billionaire in 1916.
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