Mary Todhunter Clark Rockefeller (June 17, 1907 – April 21, 1999) was the first wife of Nelson Rockefeller, the 49th governor of New York and the 41st vice president of the United States. She served as the first lady of New York from 1959 until the Rockefellers' divorce in March 1962. After their divorce, Nelson Rockefeller remained governor and would later become the 41st vice president of the United States, serving under President Gerald Ford.
Early life
Known as Tod to her family, Mary was born in the Germantown section of Philadelphia on June 17, 1907.
- Rodman Clark Rockefeller (1932–2000)
- Ann Rockefeller Roberts (1934–2024), a founder and president of the Fund of the Four Directions.
- Steven Clark Rockefeller (b. 1936), a former dean of Middlebury College.
- Mary Rockefeller Morgan (b. 1938), an author and a therapist specializing in twin grief.
- Michael Clark Rockefeller (1938–1961), Mary’s twin, who disappeared during an expedition in the Asmat region of southwestern Netherlands New Guinea.
Mary divorced her husband on March 16, 1962 in Reno, Nevada on grounds of extreme mental cruelty. A year later, "Happy" Murphy became the governor's second wife.
She died at her home on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in 1999 at the age of 91.