John Bowden Connally Jr. (February 27, 1917 – June 15, 1993) was an American politician who served as the 39th governor of Texas from 1963 to 1969 and as the 61st United States secretary of the Treasury from 1971 to 1972.

Aug 1, 1995 · His accomplishments as governor "epitomized the big man of Texas" and "personified the Texas establishment as the Texas establishment wanted to see itself." He considered himself "a conservative who believed in active government."

John Bowden Connally, Jr. (February 27, 1917 – June 15, 1993), was an American politician. He served as the 39th Governor of Texas, Secretary of the Navy under John F. Kennedy, and Secretary of Treasury under Richard Nixon.

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 11, 2018 · Former Texas governor John Bowden Connally, Jr. (1917-1993), political adviser and confidant to both Democratic and Republican presidents and a candidate for the presidency in 1980, helped shape American economic policy as secretary of the treasury during the Richard M. Nixon administration.

Jun 15, 1993 · In 1962, he won his first political race as a candidate for governor of Texas. On November 22, 1963, he was critically wounded by the assassin who killed President John F. Kennedy, but recovered to win reelection in 1964 and 1966 by overwhelming margins.

Connally was elected governor in a 1962 in a run-off against Price Daniel, and was re-elected for two terms, after surviving gunshot wounds in 1963 during the Kennedy assassination.

When John F. Kennedy was elected president he appointed Connally as Secretary of the Navy. He held the post until being elected Governor of Texas in January, 1963. On 22nd November, 1963, President John F. Kennedy arrived in Dallas.

Aug 7, 2022 · John Connally became a giant in Texas politics in the 1960s. He had a long career that included service in World War II, work as an attorney, years of work with Lyndon Johnson as his...

Jun 1, 1993 · HOUSTON -- John Connally, a three-time Texas governor and former Cabinet member who was wounded in the gunfire that killed President Kennedy, died Tuesday of pulmonary fibrosis.