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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.
- Republican (1973–1993)
Aug 1, 1995 · John Connally, Jr. was a Texas politician and lawyer who served as governor, secretary of the navy, and a close ally of Lyndon B. Johnson. He survived the Kennedy assassination but later became a Republican and ran for president in 1980.
John Connally and Ben Barnes, former Texas political stars, faced financial ruin in the 1980s after betting on the state's boom-time economy. Read how they built and lost their business empire in real estate, oil, and other ventures.
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Jun 16, 1993 · By Richard Pearson. June 15, 1993 at 8:00 p.m. EDT. John B. Connally Jr., 76, the former Texas governor and U.S. Treasury secretary whose personal life and political career were as freewheeling...
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 ...
Learn about the life and career of John Connally, who served as governor of Texas from 1963 to 1969 and as secretary of the navy under President John F. Kennedy. Find out how he rose from a poor farm boy to a political mastermind and a survivor of the Kennedy assassination.
A profile of the former Texas governor and Treasury secretary, who was a charismatic and controversial politician with a flair for style and a taste for privacy. Learn about his contradictions, his wounds, his skills, and his ambitions in this 1973 article.
