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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.
Nov 18, 2013 · 1. John Connally: The Politician. Born on a farm, John Connally earned both an undergraduate and law degree from the University of Texas prior to serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
John Bowden Connally, Jr., was the personification of Texas power and influence—a piece of living political history. As a young man, he was Lyndon Johnson’s closest aide.
There are two questions about John Connally: Is he good enough to be president? Is he too bad to be president?
Jun 16, 1993 · John B. Connally, the former Governor of Texas who served in two Presidential Administrations and who was wounded when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, died yesterday at Methodist...
Aug 1, 1995 · Connally served as secretary of the navy in 1961 in the cabinet of Democrat President John F. Kennedy. He won his first political race as a candidate for governor the next year. He was tall, handsome, personable, and articulate; his speech reflected his debate, drama, and declamation training in high school and college.
John Connally recognized that the Texas stereotype wasn’t good enough. That was his real legacy. In Connally's eyes, Texas' obsession with its mythic past kept it stagnant and...
John Bowden Connally, Jr. (1917-1993), thirty-eighth governor of the state of Texas, was born on a farm near Floresville, Texas, on February 27, 1917, one of eight children of John Bowden and Lela (Wright) Connally, Sr.
Jun 16, 1993 · John B. Connally Jr., 76, the former Texas governor and U.S. Treasury secretary whose personal life and political career were as freewheeling and outsized as his native Lone Star State, died...
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Nov 20, 2018 · With a recorded Oval Office phone call from Kennedy to a just-elected Gov. Connally, we have the audible signature of JFK as the cool realist who quickly assesses that this foe-turned-friend may...
