Death
Rollins died in his office suite at the Rollins Building in Wilmington, Delaware. There is a portrait of him hanging at Legislative Hall in the state capitol of Dover.
| Public Offices | ||||||
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| Office | Type | Location | Began office | Ended office | notes | |
| Lt. Governor | Executive | Dover | January 20, 1953 | January 15, 1957 | ||
| Election results | |||||||||||
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| Year | Office | Subject | Party | Votes | % | Opponent | Party | Votes | % | ||
| 1952 | Lt. Governor | John W. Rollins | Republican | 86,622 | 51% | Vernon B. Derrickson | Democratic | 83,300 | 49% | ||
| 1960 | Governor | John W. Rollins | Republican | 94,043 | 48% | Elbert N. Carvel | Democratic | 100,792 | 52% | ||
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