(1917-02-27)February 27, 1917 Floresville, Texas, U.S.
Died
June 15, 1993(1993-06-15) (aged 76) Houston, Texas, U.S.
Resting place
Texas State Cemetery
Political party
Republican (from 1973)
Other political affiliations
Democratic (until 1973)
Spouse
Nellie Brill
(m. 1940)
Children
4
Relatives
Wayne Connally (brother)
Education
University of Texas, Austin (BA, LLB)
Signature
Military service
Branch/service
United States Navy
Rank
Lieutenant commander
Battles/wars
World War II
John Bowden Connally Jr. (February 27, 1917 – June 15, 1993) was an American politician who served as the 39th governor of Texas (1963–1969) and as the 61st United States Secretary of the Treasury (1971–1972). He began his career as a Democrat and later became a Republican in 1973.
Born in Floresville, Texas, Connally pursued a legal career after graduating from the University of Texas at Austin. During World War II, he served on the staff of James Forrestal and Dwight D. Eisenhower before transferring to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater. After the war, he became an aide to Senator Lyndon B. Johnson. When Johnson assumed the vice presidency in 1961, he convinced President John F. Kennedy to appoint Connally to the position of United States Secretary of the Navy. Connally left the Kennedy Administration in December 1961 to successfully run for Governor of Texas. In 1963, Connally was riding in the presidential limousine when Kennedy was assassinated, and was seriously wounded. During his governorship, he was a conservative Democrat.
In 1971, Republican President Richard Nixon appointed Connally as his treasury secretary. In this position, Connally presided over the removal of the United States dollar from the gold standard, an event known as the Nixon shock. Connally stepped down from the Cabinet in 1972 to lead the Democrats for Nixon organization, which campaigned for Nixon's re-election. He was a candidate to replace Vice President Spiro Agnew after the latter resigned in 1973, but Nixon chose Gerald Ford instead. He sought the Republican nomination for president in the 1980 election, but withdrew from the race after the first set of primaries. Connally did not seek public office again after 1980 and died of pulmonary fibrosis in 1993.
John Bowden Connally Jr. (February 27, 1917 – June 15, 1993) was an American politician who served as the 39th governor of Texas (1963–1969) and as the...
Idanell Brill Connally (February 24, 1919 – September 1, 2006) was the First Lady of Texas from 1963 to 1969. She was the wife of JohnConnally, who served...
thalamus", which he labeled an astrocytoma with a small amount of necrosis. JohnConnally, then governor of Texas, commissioned a task force to examine the autopsy...
reelection to a fourth term, but was defeated in the primary by JohnConnally. Although Connally was easily elected, Republican Jack Cox's 46% of the vote was...
Senate. Born in Floresville, Texas, the son of Lela and JohnConnally Sr. His brother was JohnConnally, later governor of Texas. He graduated from Floresville...
unprecedented fourth term in the 1962 Democratic primary, missing the runoff. JohnConnally was elected in 1962 and re-elected in 1964 and 1966 before choosing...
Democratic Governor JohnConnally was reelected to a second term, winning 74% of the vote to Republican Jack Crichton's 26%. Connally swept all 254 counties...
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The campaign was led by the former Democratic governor of Texas, JohnConnally. Connally, who was serving as the United States Secretary of the Treasury...
being implicated as a financer. Perdue claimed former Texas Governor JohnConnally and Congressman Ron Paul knew about the plot, but United States district...
Democratic Governor JohnConnally was easily reelected to a third term, winning 73% of the vote to Republican T. E. Kennerly's 26%. Connally swept all 254 counties...
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San Antonio, Texas. It is identified as the Connally Loop in honor of former Texas Governor JohnConnally. I-410 circumnavigates the city of San Antonio...
Federal Reserve chairman Arthur Burns, incoming Treasury Secretary JohnConnally, and Paul Volcker, then Undersecretary for International Monetary Affairs...
"Lee Atwater figured that Connally was their biggest threat here in South Carolina. So Lee leaked a story to me that JohnConnally was trying to buy the black...
after he was shot at Dealey Plaza. At the same time, Texas governor JohnConnally, wounded in the same shooting, was treated in Trauma Room 2, and survived...
served as press secretary in 1979 to presidential candidate JohnConnally. After Connally withdrew his candidacy, Brady became the director of public...
Vietnam prisoner of war Raymond Schrump, former Democratic Texas Governor JohnConnally, Providence, Rhode Island mayor Vincent Cianci and Michigan Senator...
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